CoreData tries to solve several problems. It solves most of them well, but fails on others. Document-level iCloud sync (Dropbox equiv) works great. But Dropbox

CoreData tries to solve several problems. It solves most of them well, but fails on others. Document-level iCloud sync (Dropbox equiv) works great. But Dropbox also offers cross platform support and better web access for arbitrary file formats, two things I don't think Apple has any interest whatsoever in working on. As for the App Store, I agree. The UI is often frustrating (web, iTunes, OSX app, and iOS app!), and the slowness is just incomprehensible. Been like that for years, total mystery. It's also pathologically crashy on older iOS, which I suspect is due to heavy use of UIWebViews. Still inexcusable.