>Apple went from building fantastically reliable software When was this? > Even die hard apple fans don't use their built in apps for calendar, music, mail, o

>Apple went from building fantastically reliable software When was this? > Even die hard apple fans don't use their built in apps for calendar, music, mail, or really anything, because the design is so bloated That has been the case for as long as Apple has made calendar, music and email apps. People have complained about Mail since the first version (it used to be that most "die hard apple fans" were using Entourage). I hardly need to mention how unpopular iTunes has always been. The Jobs revisionism every time an Apple product has a bug is extremely tiresome. The famously hated 'skeuomorphic' version of iCal was apparently a specific request from Jobs[1]. The single worst GUI control I've ever had the displeasure to use was the old 'thumbwheel' volume control in Quicktime Player. On the hardware side look at the puck mouse. Those kinds of things were worse than mere bugs in my opinion because they were deliberate and reflected the design philosophy of company at the time (or the inability of anybody working there to tell Jobs to fuck off and stop sabotaging products), and lasted for years before they were replaced. [1] https://www.cultofmac.com/189707/steve-jobs-himself-is-responsible-for-calendar-and-game-centers-hideous-skeuomorphic-designs/ https://www.cultofmac.com/189707/steve-jobs-himself-is-respo...