> People lose their minds when Google services go down because it happens once a year. When Apple services go down, people just shrug or write a blog post like

> People lose their minds when Google services go down because it happens once a year. When Apple services go down, people just shrug or write a blog post like this. Well hang on a minute, I thought people lose their minds when Google services go down because Google is a software company and their core products are online services. When Apple services go down, it isn't as noteworthy since Apple is a hardware (dare I say fashion?) company. But when Apple sells a cellphone that can get faraday-caged by your hand, that's when people freak out. Now is that any excuse for Apple services to be broken as often as they are? Not at all, it projects a shoddy brand image. And when it's a service that is required to make the hardware function, users won't care which part of the "experience" is breaking. Anyway, good writeup.