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The thing about saying "it just works" and attempting to hide everything from the user is that it is really, really frustrating when it doesn't "just work". Th
by suresk 11y ago
The thing about saying "it just works" and attempting to hide everything from the user is that it is really, really frustrating when it doesn't "just work".
The amount of hardware and software bugs I've encountered in Apple products has been steadily increasing, to the point where I'm really only happy with my iPhone (and even that has some problems) -
- Connecting a wired keyboard to a Thunderbolt display that is connected to my MBP rarely worked after disconnecting/reconnecting my MBP. I'd have to change which USB port the keyboard connected to - until discovering that this was a common problem that connecting a USB extender fixes. It just works?
- We use Apple TVs in our conference rooms to connect our laptops to and project via a projector/tv. The Apple TVs routinely reboot, fail to connect, and drop connections. I've had my laptop lock up for several minutes trying to connect to one.
- iMessage routinely gets into a state where it shows ghost notifications that I have to clear by deleting conversations one-by-one until I find out which one is causing it.
- iMessage routinely reorders previous messages.
- Safari randomly uses the wrong favicon for frequently visited websites.
And so many more. It is really disappointing that I'm not really that surprised when something doesn't work or feels clunky. At this point, I trust my Windows machine more than I do my Mac.