Slack Runs Poorly on Older Tablets and Is Barely Usable on Newer Phones
A Slack user reports the app is glitchy and effectively unusable on older tablets, with only marginal usability on newer phones. This is a single-mention performance complaint about Slack's own mobile client.
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