erica

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freelance illustrator, designer, and idk buncha stuff

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no because google is fundamentally incapable of designing an OS experience that isn't dogshit on a screen larger than 7" and the entire Raison d'Être of Android means 99% of apps aren't compatible on a tablet display anyway

yes i am reacting to a clickbait article and no i'm not really an Apple fan like I'd love to get a tablet that's cheaper and bigger and has better features but not if it means dealing with an OS that isn't meant for it, software that doesn't account for it, and pens first-and-third party that are so bad they might as well not exist


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like i would love competition in the tablet space but there never will be because the iPad is so stupid good and Google will never do the things it would need to to compete in that space

I had a Transformer Prime back in college and it was honestly an incredible piece of hardware ... utterly let down by the most half-assed also-ran excuse for software I've ever seen. Google didn't even bother making proper tablet interfaces even for their own damn software. I had to use Google Docs from fucking Chrome, because the app was so useless and underbaked.

I hate that Apple is the only good option but it just keeps being true anyway. :/

I actually really like my tab s6 lite a bunch and draw with the pen all the time. The wrapper Samsung puts on android has actually gotten pretty decent. It may not fit a professional artist needs idk I’m not one but I use clip studio on it and it works well for me.

If it works for you that's great! I've not cared much for Samsung's launcher/wrapper personally. There's also not been a pen on Android in my experience that comes close to comparing to the Apple Pencil and I'd say it's a personal thing but I think it's very much a reason Android isn't seen as competition at all.