In today's attention economy and digital distraction landscape, the appeal of this product is in what it can't do and doesn't have. There's no web browser to get distracted with Reddit/HN on, there's no Facebook/TikTok/Instagram/YouTube app to doomscroll and waste away time with. it's a digital piece of paper, without the distractions of candy crush.

When you open a new tab in your browser, what do you get? This gives you a blank piece of paper to draw on. A blank canvas of infinite possibility, not suggestions from the latest news.

Hold a charge for weeks of use.

Have an eink screen? I know not everyone cares about this, but for me that is the biggest selling point.

It was a legitimate question. I saw the price of the last remarkable and its pricetag is quite high compared to an iPad. Given the context in which I use tablets, 2 weeks battery seems not that important to me given all the things the iPad can do and Remarkable can’t.

Yes, the e-Ink screen. (Ie the primary reason for buying one)

Yup, require an expensive cloud service that offers no data protection to do its primary advertised function.

Freely install software on it and hack the device, for starters.

There's an incredible amount of clarity and focus around the device, which lends itself to productivity and mindful relaxation.

The e-ink screen is brilliant and non-taxing, too. And the battery lasts forever.

Offer a big canvas for writing and drawing while weighing 400 grams

(I have both)

Using it without the need of recharging continuously.