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Re:Apple Pencils don’t draw straight on unauthorized iPad sc... by can16358p on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:50AM (#36928551)
I'm just speculating but the accuracy needed for Pencil to work properly is, by nature of the application, much higher than estimating ink in cartgridges.

I mean, if cartgridges' calibration drift a bit it might also be more acceptable for many, but if Pencil starts drawing incorrectly many artists would be extremely frustrated and move away from the ecosystem.

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Re:Apple Pencils don’t draw straight on unauthorized iPad sc... by userbinator on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:05AM (#36928615)
The fact that they showed how using the controller chip from the existing screen causes it to start working correctly shows definitively that this is not about calibration at all.
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Re:Apple Pencils don’t draw straight on unauthorized iPad sc... by Shadowmist on Sunday July 30, 2023 @05:58AM (#36929567)
Unless the calibration data is stored on the controller chip.
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Re:Apple Pencils don’t draw straight on unauthorized iPad sc... by jprete on Sunday July 30, 2023 @08:54AM (#36930682)
But the physical screen is a different screen so any such data is totally wrong.
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