What's the best Android tablet right now? No bloatware

Can confirm the recent Amazon HD 8 and competing Nook are not great at all. Both are locked down and skinned.

>>58588563
Just root it

Pixel C is GOAT if you have the money.

>>58588600
On the Nook you can't use the volume keys to select y/n when it asks if you want to unlock the bootloader after running the proper command. On the HD 8 I have heard a rumor that you can root it if it doesn't update at all, but mine had updated and I couldn't root it.

>>58588621
That sucks

This is why you should avoid Amazon tech, literally ad riddled and proprietary bloatware trash.

>>58588701
Amazon sells their trash dirt cheap, so removal of their ads takes away most of their potential revenue.

>>58588701
Yes. It's a real shame, but they were only $50 on Black Friday. Could be worse. Still somewhat functional. I managed to get the Play Store on it, which was arguably the wrong approach if aiming to be more freedom-respecting, but it gave me access to apps I'm familiar with. I also got f-droid for a similar reason. I read on it at times. The launcher is complete ass, though. I could install apex launcher, but not set it as the default, so that was basically pointless. The default launcher doesn't let you rearrange icons, and occasionally the app I was in will switch to another one while it was locked or back up a screen or something. Quite annoying. I wish I knew how to program so I could try to free it myself. Not even sure if it's worth blocking updates at this point. I don't know if anyone is working on this thing. The death of CyanogenMod at a similar time only makes this stuff harder, too. Last I looked, LineageOS downloads aren't even up yet.

>>58588474
Seriously dog, I'm gonna go for a surface tablet. They're getting pretty darn cheap!

>>58588474

Asus Z580ca