Apple should offer users a way to roll back to iPadOS 18, because iPadOS 26 is just shit. Removing SplitView is one of the worst decisions they’ve ever made.
iPadOS 18 is on the other hand solid and can serve as the LTS for the next years.
2018 iPad Pro deserved a better final update. Leaving it on iPadOS 26 is brutal, not because it lacks new features, but because it’s incredibly buggy and slow compared to iPadOS 27.
2020 Model gets iPadOS 27 despite having the exact same chip. The only real difference is 2GB more RAM, but that’s a weak excuse since iPadOS 27 supports other older devices with even less memory.
There is absolutely no technical limitation here. I know the 2018 model is old and had a great run, but leaving such a capable device stranded on a terrible, unoptimized version of software is just SAD.