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iOS 11 Passes 50 Percent Adoption In Under 2 Months (venturebeat.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: After a longer wait than usual, Apple today finally released the first official numbers for iOS 11. The various figures and estimates released by marketing and research firms are no longer relevant, as we now know for certain that iOS 11 has passed the 50 percent mark in less than two months. In other words, the latest version of the company's mobile operating system is now on one in every two of its mobile devices. iOS 11 was released on September 13, meaning it took less than seven weeks to reach the majority of users that Apple tracks. While this is certainly impressive, keep in mind that iOS 10 took less than a month and iOS 9 took less than a week to hit the same adoption milestone. Sure, the number of iOS devices is growing, but Apple also cuts down the number allowed to get the latest updates.
fuck iOS 11.
Who honestly cares what percentage of the market IOS gets when you will have one of three likely scenarios:
1. Auto update nags the user, user upgrades because that's what users do
2. User's device doesn't support latest rev
3. User ignores auto update forever (rare in my opinion)
iPhone users (in the US at least, not sure what's going on elsewhere) are conditioned to upgrade their devices. Even though carrier subsidies are gone, they've been replaced by a series of "lease/loan/trade-up" programs that keep people in contracts with their carriers until the equipment loan is satisfied. That, and iOS users tend to have more disposable income to go upgrade their shiny devices, so even if the cost of the device is hidden they don't really care.
Software-wise, it's the same thing driving the Windows-as-a-Service thing that Microsoft is doing with Windows 10. People are just conditioned to click "Restart Now" and accept whatever update appears because all of the complexity has been hidden away. One thing I can say about Windows 10 is that upgrades are much safer than they were back in the Windows 7 days...but that comes with the drawback of not knowing much about what is in those update packages. Microsoft used to break out exactly what changed in each update but they are increasingly tight-lipped and reverting to Apple-style "makes your PC faster, easier and more enjoyable! (...and fixes these 247 security holes)"
Windows 10 reached a market share of about 25% in over 2 years.
Now this would be the moment when you'd have to ask why.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
on the other hand, it's nice that upgrading is actually on option unlike disposable android shit that gets one update if you're lucky.
The highest adoption rate is Marshmallow at 32% and Lollipop (with API 22) at 21%. That's the one big benefit of Apple: you get updates (for at least a handful number of years).
When the manufacturer controls the updates, I'm surprised it's THAT low.
But it hasn't slowed down my gold old 5s.
For now. I hope to get another year out of it before looking for options.
No headphone jack, no upgrade.
Following iOS 11/11.1 install, 3 years old iPhones have camera and GPS problems (iPhone 6/6+) ; not saying Apple intentionally crippled a 3 yo perfectly working hardware to force users to upgrade, but that's quite suspicious...
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
I had one of my friends update her iPad and it is freezing randomly, another friend update his iPhone 6 and complains about slowness, so I wasn't eager to switch. I have an app and most of my beta testers have not upgraded, when I asked them they said similar things to that...
" In other words, the latest version of the company's mobile operating system is now on one in every two of its mobile devices"
For those who don't know what 50% means. Slashdot continues it's descent into a generic news site.
I can't update my perfectly working iPad because it is not supported by iOS11.
I am Slashdot. Are you Slashdot as well?
If you were 1/1000th the "power user" you claim to be, you'd know you can turn off the update nagging.
They learned from the best that constantly nagging users and forcing inconvenient updates works.
Apple's IOS adoption rate slowing doooown?
As every Apple user knows, you never update to the latest Mac OS or iOS release when it first comes out due to the sometimes insurmountable issues you might face (like lost data). However this one seems to be the worst, the primary issue being the inability for an iPhone or iPad to connect to a large number of wireless networks because Apple has decided what is a 'safe' network and what is not. This was feedbacked during beta testing in the summer and unfortunately the final release still incorporated this unpatched 'feature' where plenty of folks will go to places like a large hotel and can't stay connected to wifi (connect for a second, get an IP, disconnected) even after setting the new settings like 'always join'. This bug still existed after three iOS 11 patches, undetermined if it was fixed in 11.1. Also serious reports of battery draining as well.
... I had to upgrade a device under corporate policy to iOS 11. Even after 4 updates, I still see much poorer performance in touch response than under iOS 10. At least 11.1 seems to have resolved the enormous battery drain issue.
However, given the limitations, I really wish I could take this device back to iOS 10 which had longer battery life and better performance overall. I'd probably be just as happy with iOS 9... I don't use the latest whizz-bang features, I use the phone, Messages, Mail, Safari, Camera, Notes, and an occasional 3rd party app. It's disappointing how much this device now feels like an unresponsive brick instead of the highly productive phone it had previously been.
It (iOS) pesters the ever-living-hell out of you until you update and there's no way to politely decline forever. Users are bound to accidentally hit the "install now" button one of the thousand times it pops-over what they're actually trying to do on their devices. It's super-fun in an enterprise where you might plan on running a high-priced app purchased outside the App Store and signed with an enterprise developer certificate for years when you have no control over what OS version it'll be running on.
I've been an i adopter forever, and I'm not really sure why. I'd say buy and large, Apple gives you very little room and window of opportunity to have older iOS versions + apps stay in a security and maintenence only release. I guarantee that the over half of that '50%' adoption was because of the classically conditioned sub-novice-power-savvy Apple user just auto-forcing updates or accidentally clicking the 'do it next time I'm on wifi at 3am' shit, then being undeniably pissed because all the phony tech reviews about the 'next' iOS on their already old/EOL iPhone/iPad doesn't function that bad with the new OS but it, in fact, does and was never meant to.
Apple can boast this all they want, if it's indeed something to even brag about, but I'd love to see what device(s) we all still get the iOS 11 update push to that shouldn't ever have it installed on and have a successful runtime with it before you see that Apple ID re-activated with an iPhone 8 or X out of frustration.
They can't search for "install iOS 10" to revert... because they can't type "i"
Not touching iOS 11 until they address the BlueTooth/WiFi settings where you toggle it OFF in control center and all it does is DISCONNECT you for the rest of the day.
https://discussions.apple.com/...
I almost hit upgrade on my phone, but the I saw the announcement of an input bug.
o_O
Input bug? How the Hell do you miss that in QA?
We don't use old iPhones that can't handle the new code. Most droids are ancient chinese ware. And they don't even make winphones for years. Apple is all there is. All that matters. And that's the way we like it because ... WE'RE RICH! (Some pretend, but that's okay, TRUMP is president!)
I call bullshite. I can't even update 3 out of my 5 "apple mobile devices". Planned obsolescence...
maybe because 11 was supposed to fix the WPA 2 WiFi encryption crack?
What, exactly, is the purpose of this post? It isn't unique or funny, and has nothing to do with the article. This site is being overrun by dullards.
and apple isnt a good enough software developer to keep up with it.
The removal of 32-bit support is what has stopped me from upgrading my iPad. I have a number of games on there that will never get a 64-bit version since the studios that ported them are long gone. I paid good money for those games.
I guess that there might come a time when some application I really want is only available for iOS 11 and outweighs my desire to retain access to my 32-bit library, but until then I'm sticking with 10.
On one hand, updating my iPhone 6 to iOS11 added a feature I've been wanting for a LONG time. IMAP IDLE support! Happy to have that at last.
On the other hand, now the phone is slow and unresponsive. Feels like an Android.
Found Ivanka's cuck.
iOS constantly bugs you and you can't turn it off. I would like to go back to iOS 10, but it's a pain. The only app I use on the darn thing is apparently 32 bit, so I can't run it anymore. GO Apple!!!
wishes I could go back to iOS 10
Context here is important. I believe this is the slowest adoption of a new version of iOS in a long time (ever?)
Personally, I have not updated my iPhone 6s Plus and have no plans to. The reason is iOS 11 breaks a whole shitload of apps.
Anything that's 32 bit does not work with iOS 11.
That's huge, and a big slap in the face to loyal users of the platform.
As of now, I have 42 apps on my phone that won't work if I update. Plus more that I don't have on my phone for space reasons. I don't believe these apps will ever be updated.
Apple didn't have to do this.
FUCK YOU APPLE!
I really like the new behavior, it's much better for travel where you just want it to not connect to something you had connected to before for the day, then when you get home it will still be on WiFi.
Now I would agree it's a bit confusion, but I think they just need to clarify that's what it is doing rather than change what it does... after all you can still turn it off in Settings.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
LOL. Fight the good fight. Stick it to the man, bro.
That's nice, grandpa. I used my "ooh shiny shiny" to SSH into a workstation and fix something during my bus commute this morning.
*sigh* Do you work for Equifax? Exposing production machines to the internet like that seemed to be their level of noninterest in system security.
whichever way you look at it.
Sorry how is this news? Apple red tape requires you use the new is or your trash falls outside scope of support after 12 weeks.
Apples to apples please, no pun intended
Not touching iOS 11 until they address the BlueTooth/WiFi settings where you toggle it OFF in control center and all it does is DISCONNECT you for the rest of the day.
https://discussions.apple.com/...
They DID address it.
The toggle in Control Panel is a Disconnect; but peer-peer services such as AirDrop still work. This AVOIDS confusion on the part of users.
All one has to do to actually turn WiFi OFF, is to toggle it OFF in the Settings App.