Apple's Software Quality Crisis

Apple's Software Quality Crisis: When Premium Hardware Meets Subpar Software Mar 2, 2025 - ⏱️ 4 minutes to read Apple Update: March 4, 2025 The response to this post has been overwhelming, with sharing on Hacker News and Reddit. It's clear that many others are experiencing frustrations with Apple's software, indicating quality issue within Apple's OSes portfolio. To provide more context, here's the workflow that triggers these issues: I create a new note at the start of each lecture, add a title and tags for organization, and begin writing with my Apple Pencil Pro. The issues manifest after filling roughly one page (or "screen") with handwritten notes. The iPad here starts to overheat, and lag spikes become increasingly frequent. As a long-time Apple user, I've always appreciated the integration of hardware and software, signature of the Apple ecosystem. However, recent experiences with my iPad Air 11" M2 has left me questioning whether Apple has lost sight of what once made their ... Read full article.