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Funny, I just replaced my perfectly acceptable, but canceled and unsupported Pixel Slate (2018) tablet with an iPad Pro. No regrets.


The Pixel Slate is supported until 2026: https://support.google.com/pixelslate/answer/9413910?hl=en


existing software support*

Any hardware issues (mind you, the failure rate is pretty high, especially keyboards), and you're left with a broken device.


Right, I don't understand who buys into the Google/Pixel ecosystem now knowing it will be unsupported in a few years.


I held on for a long time, and still have a lot of lock-in to unwind. Switching costs are pretty high, even for individuals.

I won't be putting all my chips on Apple either. I have a mix of file storage options, password managers, Linux laptops, 'hub' devices, and so on.


> ...unsupported Pixel Slate...

What's unsupported about it? I picked this up on a fire sale and it still gets updates.


Nothing. It's supported for at least another 3 years. ~2026


I'm charging it up and we'll see. It was fairly quiet for a while.

I have a specific use in mind, leveraging on-device speech recognition. Ideally I'll be able to achieve parity with the iPad.


Were you already in the Apple ecosystem?




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