As the title indicates, I fear that iPad version of Illustrator (and it's Photoshop sibling) are about to be ended far before their time.
I bought an iPad to use these tools when they were released. I have used them countless times to create a rough draft on the go, make simple changes to production files, etc. I have designed work for my laser cutter on iPad and later jumped on my PC to cut and engrave.
And yet so many features that should have been added months ago are still absent. Appearance Effects should have been present by now. I know that not all features are immediately feasible (both due to usefulness on mobile, the nature of some tools/features themselves and based on the iPad's interface). I just expected further development.
It seems that the development of AI tools for Creative Cloud and the now failed Figma merger have really thrown a wrench into further development of flagship products as well as the flegling products on mobile. Love the integration of some AI into desktop Photoshop (Generative Fill is amazing for creating missng bleeds for print jobs). There is a lot of potential there.
It just feels like the mobile tools are still young and have been sent to the retirement home far too early. Adobe will lose more mobile users to other tools. I rather like my connected ecosystem and really don't want to create even more work arounds to have usable tools for whatever situation.
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