Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software

Post by smoser » Tue, Feb 09, 2016, 3:58 AM UTC

Skunkleton wrote: post #188

nostrademons wrote: post #159

It's kinda weird to read commentators talking as if this was the end of a golden age of Apple. From my perspective, their application software has always sucked. It was there because you need apps to bootstrap a platform and attract enough users to attract developers. But you can't really expect a consumer electronics company to have the best application for a given niche once the niche has been identified and attrac…

> It was there because you need apps to bootstrap a platform and attract enough users to attract developers. But you can't really expect a consumer electronics company to have the best application for a given niche once the niche has been identified and attracted companies that really want to make it their bread-and-butter. I have a hard time with this. Apple products tend to lock you into apple software. If you want…

Post by partiallypro » Tue, Feb 09, 2016, 4:05 AM UTC

paxtonab wrote: post #18

...[Mossberg] fingered iTunes for the desktop "I dread opening the thing" This is so spot on. It feels like they rearrange iTunes every month, especially the mobile version. Recently I noticed that I'd be searching for a song (that I have on my phone) and it would default to their streaming service.... Why would I want to use my data to stream a song that I already have on my phone?

Post by partiallypro » Tue, Feb 09, 2016, 4:08 AM UTC

Domenic_S wrote: post #337

untog wrote: post #38

I don't much care about the software - I haven't used iTunes in years, don't use Mail, etc. etc. - it's the operating system I care about. Wi-fi has been buggy on OS X for literally years now. And each new major release seems to bring some new pain point where it refuses to turn on, refuses to connect, doesn't transmit data... and on and on. There's no way Apple can't know about this - it must drive their own employe…

I recently tried moving to Surface Book. Spent nearly $3k on a real nicely specc'd one. It BSOD'd daily, sleep modes are really confusing, battery drained terribly overnight, it was overall a bit of a nightmare. Granted probably half of my complaints are about Win10 rather than the SB itself, but still. I returned it. It's SO CLOSE and it was $1,000 cheaper I may have just dealt with it. Just not quite there.

Post by Scarbutt » Tue, Feb 09, 2016, 4:16 AM UTC

jsz0 wrote: post #444

nostrademons wrote: post #159

It's kinda weird to read commentators talking as if this was the end of a golden age of Apple. From my perspective, their application software has always sucked. It was there because you need apps to bootstrap a platform and attract enough users to attract developers. But you can't really expect a consumer electronics company to have the best application for a given niche once the niche has been identified and attrac…

> But IMHO anyone who used the whole integrated Apple software suite and never looked elsewhere has been missing out on some seriously nice features this whole time. I've looked elsewhere but I stick with Apple's software because I like the simplicity and privacy it offers. I don't want more than a handful of basic functions in my calendar app. I don't want a half a dozen new features to help me avoid reading e-mails…

Post by schrodinger » Tue, Feb 09, 2016, 4:39 AM UTC

DasIch wrote: post #405

zzleeper wrote: post #368

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TBH you can blame that on Germany alienating Google Maps https://gigaom.com/2014/12/05/googles-cars-return-to-german-... "Google started automatically blurring faces and number plates, it was forced to give Germans the option of having their houses blurred out as well – something hundreds of thousands of people took the firm up on. However, this was a costly business, with Google needing to hire temporary workers to…

This only affects Street View which Google has abandonded in Germany.