Oh god no they suck tremendously…I’m using helioboard and live with the somewhat janky performance.

It was the exact same om my oneplus 9pro i had before this one.

And it hasn’t been any different between android 14 that I was on until a few days ago and 15 I have now without improvement.

Its a pixel 8a with plenty of ram…

That’s weird. When I install keyboards I don’t notice slowdowns but rather improvements due to the mainstream solutions being extremely bloated.

I use heliboard, and it’s definitely lagging compared to default google KB when typing on my phone.

If you live in a high energy cost area the ROI on going SSD can be as low as 3-4 years

~$800 on two 8tb SSDs

2 x 8tb HDDs is roughly $200USD

I don’t know what kind of electricity prices you’re paying, but to hit a 3 year ROI on your SSDs, you’re paying at least $2.2USD/kWh, assuming the full 15W (232kWh/year total) consumption of the HDDs and assuming negligible power consumption from the SSDs.

Edit: average power consumption for HDDs read/write operation is usually around what you claim them to idle at, with actual idle consumption below.

Edit2: and to be fair I did take refurb HDD price. a refurb SSD is around $300 USD for 8tb, bringing the minimum power cost per kWh down to ~$1.7USD/kWh for a 3 year ROI.