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Apple used to have maintenance releases. They used to be known for their taste.

They should absolutely cop the criticism. It’s not like they don’t have the resources to make their software better.

iOS 27 was a maintenance release that focused on performance and improved it significantly, particularly on older phones.

They blasted out a marketing video where they bragged about apps launching faster and the WiFi/cellular connection handing off more cleanly.

My feeling is that there’s just always a group of people who complains no matter what.

>My feeling is that there’s just always a group of people who complains no matter what.

There is a religious zeal to some of the criticism.

Those of us who used Macs in the late PPC and early Intel days know what Apple is capable of. This current trend where your only fix is to reboot/reformat/reset preferences, or suffer, is trash. People these days are just used to everything being trash, so Apples current software quality seems OK to them.

Apple used to be a company whose public image was intrinsically inseparable from the intergalactic ego of its chief executive. Now it's just your typical slop company run by slop executives looking to maximize next quarter's share price before they exit through the revolving door, on their way to the next company in line to harvest.

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