harry314

How to even start here.. Calling the ipad inexpensive will make people in most of the world to laugh at you (even the discounted stock of ipad 9th is unapproachable for many). While a guitar at a local store (just looked it up) costs under 80 EUR, needs no apps, no power, no subscriptions, has no EOL, doesn't have a battery that will go bad. Yes you need time to learn, but you do not necessarily need to invest more money with an analog instrument.

I'm not touching the first part of your post.

What I've seen generally, is interns being given non-essential non-time sensitive tasks that will help them grow, and depending on how they do and how they approach the task, they may get a position offer near the end of their internship.

So far I have not seen interns expected to do real, important work.

That being said, I'm in the EU, so things might be different where you are located.