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Don't worry Apple hates users too. I've once had a Windows update break software, and I was easily able to downgrade the broken update (and it wasn't really MS

Don't worry Apple hates users too. I've once had a Windows update break software, and I was easily able to downgrade the broken update (and it wasn't really MSvs fault entirely, graphics driver issue). Multiple times I've had ipad updates break apps, and some apps have never worked again because the developers don't bother updating the app, and Apple blocks downgrading because...

rovr138 6y ago
Windows has broken installations in the past, https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/16/windows-10-kb4532693-update-is-now-causing-boot-failures/ https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/16/windows-10-kb453269... It’s not all roses over there.
- thefz 6y ago
  As a Windows sysadmin I hate the OS with a passion, but at least on it you have one of the best development platforms out there (.net).
  - scarface74 6y ago
    .Net hasn’t been tied to Windows for years.
- gamblor956 6y ago
  The point is that windows can break but it provides you tools to undo the break. With Apple, you're SOL.
woah 6y ago
I'm not endorsing the stupid stuff that Apple has been doing in the article, but for your case, I don't see what they should have done differently. Maintaining backwards compatibility for every app is a big technical requirement, and Apple chooses to spend their efforts elsewhere. Microsoft takes the opposite route because they have many enterprise customers who have to keep using an internal CRM that was last updated in 1994 and all the developers have died. If you want your OS to support abandoned apps, then you should definitely choose Microsoft. But most people have other priorities. Similarly, keeping devices on old OS versions has a cost too. They could be insecure, opening users to the risk of compromise of their personal data. Newer apps will not work. Having a significant proportion of devices that have not bothered to upgrade stops developers from using the newest OS features (for an extreme version of this phenomena, remember ie6). Apple prioritizes getting users and apps on the latest OS releases over perpetual support of abandonware. The proportion of users who need to support abandoned software is probably tiny compared to those who can benefit from OS updates. It's a conscious choice, and other vendors choose differently.
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nemothekid 6y ago
And yet you ask any developer shop they will say it’s a good thing that they don’t have support 20 different OS matrixes like they do on Android

rovr138 6y ago

Windows has broken installations in the past, https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/16/windows-10-kb4532693-update-is-now-causing-boot-failures/ https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/16/windows-10-kb453269... It’s not all roses over there.

thefz 6y ago
As a Windows sysadmin I hate the OS with a passion, but at least on it you have one of the best development platforms out there (.net).
- scarface74 6y ago
  .Net hasn’t been tied to Windows for years.
gamblor956 6y ago
The point is that windows can break but it provides you tools to undo the break. With Apple, you're SOL.

woah 6y ago

I'm not endorsing the stupid stuff that Apple has been doing in the article, but for your case, I don't see what they should have done differently. Maintaining backwards compatibility for every app is a big technical requirement, and Apple chooses to spend their efforts elsewhere. Microsoft takes the opposite route because they have many enterprise customers who have to keep using an internal CRM that was last updated in 1994 and all the developers have died. If you want your OS to support abandoned apps, then you should definitely choose Microsoft. But most people have other priorities. Similarly, keeping devices on old OS versions has a cost too. They could be insecure, opening users to the risk of compromise of their personal data. Newer apps will not work. Having a significant proportion of devices that have not bothered to upgrade stops developers from using the newest OS features (for an extreme version of this phenomena, remember ie6). Apple prioritizes getting users and apps on the latest OS releases over perpetual support of abandonware. The proportion of users who need to support abandoned software is probably tiny compared to those who can benefit from OS updates. It's a conscious choice, and other vendors choose differently.

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nemothekid 6y ago

And yet you ask any developer shop they will say it’s a good thing that they don’t have support 20 different OS matrixes like they do on Android