894 karma · joined December 5, 2016
Especially if they don't even have stylus support
This forces devs to use userland hacks which break accessibility and lower performance.
Is the solution to throw more React + Tailwind slop at the problem? Absolutely not. The solution is to _KNOW_ the platform and pick the best tools suited for each problem instead of chasing some form of academic purity.
Flagship prices have now reached the 1000€ mark, with marginal upgrades, and in many cases actual downgrades.
There is no world in which I can justify paying 2x-4x the flagship price for a device fulfilling a fundamentally similar purpose.
For a different comparison, a 14" MacBook Pro costs that much.
I simply disregard the entire article since I know the author's MO, and I inform other HN members of it.