> even if it's just anecdotal... there does seem to be some measurable degradation in their Apple's standards as of lately You just characterized anecdotal evi

> even if it's just anecdotal... there does seem to be some measurable degradation in their Apple's standards as of lately You just characterized anecdotal evidence as "measurable". That's exactly the logical fallacy at work here. Non-anecdotal evidence of Apple's quality standards: The super long iPad upgrade cycle. It's stretched out and impacting Apple's bottom line because >3 year old iPads still work perfect.