Ask HN: Why doesn't Apple fix its software?

3 points by kristo 8y ago ↗ HN

Apple's software has become increasingly buggy and cluttered:

- Every other day I get obtrusive software update notifications... no matter how many times I turn on automatic installs. - iTunes is a disaster. We can all agree. - iCloud is the worst ever. - iOS isn't pushing us forward and making things easier the way Android is. My passwords don't even get autofilled in apps... why? - Their security keeps failing (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11034071) - the list goes on.

My questions:

- Do they think their software is great? - Is management failing? - Why don't they bring in new management? - Is the board not powerful enough? - Are they even trying to address this? - How are they not freaking out right now? Are they that cocky? Are they waiting for customers to stop buying Apple before they actually fix their problems?

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azeirah 8y ago ↗

What if it's a big, tangled problem? Software is not easy and it takes time to fix a large amount of small issues?

matchmike1313 8y ago ↗

I think their software has gone from great to "okay" in the last 3 years. I'm not talking on features per se but on usability and stability, and as a developer, that matters A LOT. I also think that management is failing, I am not sure why it has yet to be addressed. I feel very frustrated and considering making the leap from Apple (my goto for the last 12 years) to Android (for mobile) and Linux (for development).