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Is it really just because? I've seen this mentioned before, but there must be some reason right? I've never owned an iPhone (or any i* devices), so I have no

Is it really just because? I've seen this mentioned before, but there must be some reason right? I've never owned an iPhone (or any i* devices), so I have no experience here, but aren't the folks at Apple likely to do stuff for a reason? Or are things really that bad?

throwanem 10y ago
They've recently screwed up enough things badly enough to severely abrogate user trust, and I don't think they even realize it.
doingmyting 10y ago
As a worker at BigCo, no. Getting big promotions means coming up with big ideas and usually different ideas regardless of whether you're addressing some need.
spronkey 10y ago
I try very hard to understand why they do some things, and come up short. With a lot of the minor UI tweaks, it's certainly not based on any real-world research, because some of the tweaks go against what's already established or being published in journals. They probably do have reasons, but as to what they are, no idea. And as to whether their reasons are beneficial to the user, in many cases I can say no, absolutely not.