Marco Arment isn’t just the creator of Instapaper. He’s also one of the most read and widely influential Mac developers out there. So when he says something, you likely want to listen. Today he’s talking about the quality, or lack of quality of Apple software. After all, they have had some high profile fails in the last little while including a buggy iOS update that bricked iPhones and major WiFi issues with OS X Yosemite that still are not resolved. Here’s a snippet from his blog on the topic:
Apple’s hardware today is amazing — it has never been better. But the software quality has taken such a nosedive in the last few years that I’m deeply concerned for its future. I’m typing this on a computer whose existence I didn’t even think would be possible yet, but it runs an OS riddled with embarrassing bugs and fundamental regressions. Just a few years ago, we would have relentlessly made fun of Windows users for these same bugs on their inferior OS, but we can’t talk anymore.
Ouch. Steve Jobs is likely spinning in his grave and Tim Cook should be taking notice and stepping up Apple’s game when it comes to software quality after a statement like that. The fact is that Apple used to be the only ones I’d trust with new releases. But that’s just not the case anymore. Apple really needs to improve and improve now. Otherwise they’ll find that they will have no credibility left when it comes to the quality of their software.
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Top App Developer Says Apple’s Software Quality Has Taken A Dive
Marco Arment isn’t just the creator of Instapaper. He’s also one of the most read and widely influential Mac developers out there. So when he says something, you likely want to listen. Today he’s talking about the quality, or lack of quality of Apple software. After all, they have had some high profile fails in the last little while including a buggy iOS update that bricked iPhones and major WiFi issues with OS X Yosemite that still are not resolved. Here’s a snippet from his blog on the topic:
Apple’s hardware today is amazing — it has never been better. But the software quality has taken such a nosedive in the last few years that I’m deeply concerned for its future. I’m typing this on a computer whose existence I didn’t even think would be possible yet, but it runs an OS riddled with embarrassing bugs and fundamental regressions. Just a few years ago, we would have relentlessly made fun of Windows users for these same bugs on their inferior OS, but we can’t talk anymore.
Ouch. Steve Jobs is likely spinning in his grave and Tim Cook should be taking notice and stepping up Apple’s game when it comes to software quality after a statement like that. The fact is that Apple used to be the only ones I’d trust with new releases. But that’s just not the case anymore. Apple really needs to improve and improve now. Otherwise they’ll find that they will have no credibility left when it comes to the quality of their software.
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