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  "path": "/2026/06/why-are-there-no-good-tablets-at-the-moment/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T18:36:22.000Z",
  "site": "https://neilzone.co.uk",
  "tags": [
    "because\nAndroid can be replaced with GrapheneOS",
    "the\nFire-Tools scripts"
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  "textContent": "A friend was looking for a new tablet, and they asked me for a recommendation.\n\nAnd… I just don’t have one.\n\nThe only good tablet, because\nAndroid can be replaced with GrapheneOS, was the Google Pixel Tablet, and that is no longer available. Secondhand prices are sky high. That was my go-to recommendation for a while. But it looks like Google has abandoned this project too.\n\nAmazon’s range of FireOS tablets are, IMHO, bloated with crapware which one cannot easily remove. Even the\nFire-Tools scripts only get one so far. I can’t recommend one.\n\nThere are some fun-looking “tablet computers”, but they are all expensive.\n\nA secondhand Surface Go, if one wants a Linux-based tablet, is readily available and pretty cheap, but honestly not what most people will want. And, while I like it as a cheap, touchscreen, Linux machine, it is not particularly powerful, which can be frustrating. And getting the camera working is a nuisance.\n\nI guess that there are some iPads, if one is accepting of Apple / iOS. Again, that wouldn’t be my choice, but I can see why some people like them.\n\nWhy is there no good (non-Apple) tablet at the moment?",
  "title": "Why are there no good tablets at the moment?",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-03T18:36:22.000Z"
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