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Apple Seems To Have Forgotten About the Whole 'It Just Works' Thing (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, writing for ZDNet: "It just works." This is the phrase that Steve Jobs trotted out year after year to describe products or services that he was unveiling. Well, Steve is now long gone, and so it the ethos of "it just works." 2017 was a petty bad year for Apple software quality. Just over the past few weeks we seen both macOS and iOS hit by several high profile bugs. And what's worse is that the fixes that Apple pushed out -- in a rushed manner -- themselves caused problems. A serious -- and very stupid -- root bug was uncovered in macOS. The patch that Apple pushed out for the root bug broke file sharing for some. Updating macOS to 10.13.1 after installing the root patch rolled back the root bug patch. iOS 11 was hit by a date bug that caused devices to crash when an app generated a notification, forcing Apple to prematurely release iOS 11.2. iOS 11.2 contained a HomeKit bug that broke remote access for shared users. And this is just a selection of the bugs that users have had to contend with over the past few weeks. And it's not just been limited to the past few weeks. There's no such thing as perfect code, and sometimes high-profile security vulnerabilities can result in patches being pushed out that are not as well tested as they could be. But on the other hand, Apple isn't some budget hardware maker pushing stuff out on a shoestring and scrabbling for a razor-thin profit margin.

7 of 242 comments (clear)

  1. All part of the marketing strategy... by Quakeulf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next year they'll relaunch everything with the slogan:

    It just works. Again.

  2. Apple's Software Updates Are Like Halloween Candy by magusxxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linus: "I got my Wi-Fi back!"
    Lucy: "I got an iTunes update!"
    Charlie Brown: "I got a brick."

    --
    Care killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
  3. Re:Proofreading doesn't work either by Albanach · · Score: 5, Funny

    That summary is so full of typos and missing words it's just embarrassing.

    Fixed that for you :)

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. More honest slogan by Roger+W+Moore · · Score: 4, Funny

    Given the prices they now charge a more honest slogan would be:
    It just works...for us.

  6. Re:No Magic Left by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    Many moons ago I was working on an interface between an accounting system and a sales system. I explained to a guy that the accounting system stored dates internally as CCYYMMDD.

    "That's ridiculous", he answered, "how would you represent a BC date?"

    "I have no idea, but if I ever have to send an invoice to Alexander The Great I'll get back to you!" was my reply.

    --
    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  7. Re:alternative medicine by Snufu · · Score: 3, Funny

    It works?!