Why do iPads slow and how to fix?

Thank you for your reply. I didn’t buy it 8 years ago. I bought it new approx 4 years ago. But even so the object itself isn’t broken, surely it’s the software that changes rather than the ‘machine’? And the software is as up to date as Apple allows. Physically it functions, what is it that doesn’t work and for the sake of the planet shouldn’t these machines be used for as long as physically possible?

I have looked at battery usage as you suggest (see below) how does this help? What can I do with this information? Thank you.My battery is working very well and holds its charge well.

Can you explain what difference that makes to the way it downloads emails etc? I stopped using safari because it was taking so long to open pages it was driving me mad, plus it doesn’t store my passwords for sites like the library etc. bearing in mind I use chrome, emails and podcast predominantly it doesn’t seem disproportionate that chrome is using one fifth of my battery power. That seems totally logical as this is the app I use the most.

i still don’t understand why the amount of battery an app uses reflects why my iPad is performing so badly. After all I used chrome when I first bought it too and it worked fine then.

i also use chrome on my phone and it behaves itself despite being second hand two years ago.

is there anything you can suggest I do which may actually address the problem,or is your position ‘tough, buy a new ipad’?.