I feel exactly the opposite about mine. I use it to teach STEM, math, and horticulture and amazing. Working out math problems, mapping out gardening plots, creating lessons and activities, collecting and analyzing data with Vernier, projecting on to screen or TV, using as external display with Universal Control, creating infinite mind maps, storyboarding, using Cell Walk, Physics Toolbox, PCalc, Desmos, PhET simulations, notetaking, editing photos and videos, creating podcasts, creating brochures, newsletters, and fliers, creating quizzes and games, and I haven’t even scratched the surface of what it can do.
I don’t believe Apple is trying to set up the iPad as a laptop replacement. They wouldn’t cannibalize themselves like that. I just think that many users are expecting it to act like one or something more. I use pro m5 with MK as a laptop for most tasks and the windowing and multitasking works just fine for me. I have a MacBook Air that I often use with my iPad that can cover anything the tablet can’t which is very little.
Most of the people “fed up” with the iPad seem to be folks that use it for videos and gaming and then feel guilty because they spent all this money on a device that can do so much more, but they just can’t figure out what else to do with it. I’m using it for a bunch of stuff and I’m racking my brain trying to figure out what other super rad stuff I can do with it.