| ▲ | augment_me 2 hours ago | |
That is just plain false and assigning over-importance to yourself. Apple's ecosystem depends on every middle-class person around the globe wanting to be able to signal that they have an Apple phone and use the same features as their social group. Engineers are a small subset, they barely move the needle. | ||
| ▲ | alt227 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Ask the average Apple user if their device experience is getting better or worse over time. Most I know tell me things like they see small bug now where they didnt before, sometimes things dont work as they should, and more things needs a reset or even hard reset to fix. All very generic user reports. All the bugs users are seeing are things developers picked up on earlier than users did, and shouted about in forums and bug reports. The fact Apple is not listening to its canaries down the coal mine is leading to the general slipping of its reputation. Apples ecosystem replies on every middle class person around the globe having the frictionless experience Apple is known for. They erode that, and they slowly erode their customer base. | ||
| ▲ | grumple an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It’s true and I’m not. If the engineers can’t build software for your OS, your users won’t have software to use. We’re also talking about MacOS, not iOS. Engineers make up a big segment of MacBook users. Apple is only 9.5% of the personal computing market. | ||