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Ask HN: Why doesn't Apple fix its software?
Apple's software has become increasingly buggy and cluttered:
- Every other day I get obtrusive software update notifications... no matter how many times I turn on automatic installs.
- iTunes is a disaster. We can all agree.
- iCloud is the worst ever.
- iOS isn't pushing us forward and making things easier the way Android is. My passwords don't even get autofilled in apps... why?
- Their security keeps failing (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11034071)
- the list goes on.
My questions:
- Do they think their software is great?
- Is management failing?
- Why don't they bring in new management?
- Is the board not powerful enough?
- Are they even trying to address this?
- How are they not freaking out right now? Are they that cocky? Are they waiting for customers to stop buying Apple before they actually fix their problems?
- azeirah 9y agoWhat if it's a big, tangled problem? Software is not easy and it takes time to fix a large amount of small issues?
- matchmike1313 9y agoI think their software has gone from great to "okay" in the last 3 years. I'm not talking on features per se but on usability and stability, and as a developer, that matters A LOT. I also think that management is failing, I am not sure why it has yet to be addressed. I feel very frustrated and considering making the leap from Apple (my goto for the last 12 years) to Android (for mobile) and Linux (for development).