Samsung made a concerted effort to make its Galaxy Z Fold3 more like a Note device, to the extent the new foldable even had its own kind of S Pen. However, its integration proved less than convincing, especially compared to a "normal" stylus-toting smartphone. Now, there are rumors that the next generation will get no better in this regard.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Fold4-will-not-upgrade-to-full-S-Pen-support-in-2022.580338.0.html
If Samsung wants to copy Apple and nickel and diming their customers by making the S pen an option, why not just go with Apple? At least Apple uses better hardware and their software is much more stable than Samsung.
I've been using Samsung for almost 20 years and had never consider going to Apple. Since the Note 9, Samsung has been going downhill. First they mocked Apple for effing taking features and accessories away then Samsung turned around and did the exact same thing.
So to Samsung, thank you for f*cking over your customers and for lifelong Galaxy S and Note user like me that never considered going to Apple, guess what.