I bought one about 3 months ago and I agree with some of the authors points, but, none of his conclusions.
If you walk into it thinking it's a desktop/laptop replacement, you're going to walk out unhappy.
I do agree that I'd much be able to run a youtube clone app like STube with sponsorblock integrated, but, it's hardly a deal-breaker. I'm paying for youtube premium already (very reasonably priced IMO) so I avoid all native youtube ads already. It hardly makes watching youtube "terrible"
I also agree I'd rather use Brave with extensions, but, Adblock and Safari work fine.
I have played around a bit with using the device in a content-creation role, but, I haven't found a workflow that I like at this point. My programming style is very tightly looped and I need to be able to compile my code and run/test locally. I thought perhaps there was a path for programming on the iPad and there still might be but I haven't fully explored it yet, at this point I don't spend much time directly programming. The one major point I agree with the author there is that having 3-4 $40 apps which could theoretically solve this problem without any trial or anything, it's hard to invest the time and money to try each. Termius is great though, fully worth the cost.
The Youtube/Safari issue I was fully aware of before I bought the device since I know my iPhone can't do these things either.
Regarding the note taking and drawing skills I fully agree with the other commenter here. This is entirely skill based and the iPad and apple pencil are fully capable. I am not artistic but I sat my mother down with the iPad and Pixelmator and the iPad Pro and she (an amazing artist in other mediums who never did any digital art before) was within an hour drawing things which fully exceeded the examples from apple marketing. I still can't do stick figures.
Ultimately as a power communication tool, it works very well and it was, for me, fully worth the price. I've had iPads since the original iPad and they generally last a long time for me (much longer than iPhones or laptops).
If you walk into it thinking it's a desktop/laptop replacement, you're going to walk out unhappy.
I do agree that I'd much be able to run a youtube clone app like STube with sponsorblock integrated, but, it's hardly a deal-breaker. I'm paying for youtube premium already (very reasonably priced IMO) so I avoid all native youtube ads already. It hardly makes watching youtube "terrible"
I also agree I'd rather use Brave with extensions, but, Adblock and Safari work fine.
I have played around a bit with using the device in a content-creation role, but, I haven't found a workflow that I like at this point. My programming style is very tightly looped and I need to be able to compile my code and run/test locally. I thought perhaps there was a path for programming on the iPad and there still might be but I haven't fully explored it yet, at this point I don't spend much time directly programming. The one major point I agree with the author there is that having 3-4 $40 apps which could theoretically solve this problem without any trial or anything, it's hard to invest the time and money to try each. Termius is great though, fully worth the cost.
The Youtube/Safari issue I was fully aware of before I bought the device since I know my iPhone can't do these things either.
Regarding the note taking and drawing skills I fully agree with the other commenter here. This is entirely skill based and the iPad and apple pencil are fully capable. I am not artistic but I sat my mother down with the iPad and Pixelmator and the iPad Pro and she (an amazing artist in other mediums who never did any digital art before) was within an hour drawing things which fully exceeded the examples from apple marketing. I still can't do stick figures.
Ultimately as a power communication tool, it works very well and it was, for me, fully worth the price. I've had iPads since the original iPad and they generally last a long time for me (much longer than iPhones or laptops).