No one at the helm at Apple? Software problems are surreal

Recently, rumors that Apple could already be thinking about replacing its CEO have gained more and more force, not because of his actions, but rather at the request of the protagonist himself who wants to step aside to ensure the future of the company. company, an attitude that honors you.

However, recently Apple has taken blind steps in the odd situation, and if something was not lacking until a few years ago it was leadership in the company. The latest software problems and failed launches make us think that there is no one at the helm at Apple.

Cabe destacar, que esta es una opinión personal de quien suscribe estas líneas y no tiene nada que ver ni con la línea editorial ni con la dirección de Actualidad iPhone. Sin embargo, resulta cuanto menos llamativo el hecho de que Apple is sparking countless memes in recent weeks, adding in turn to the discontent of users regarding the low "finesse" with which Apple has treated iOS 15.

The notch in macOS Monterey, the last straw

The notch in the new MacBook is well finished, as at the time the AirPods were the subject of crude comedy, something that also happened with the notch of the iPhone and later ended up being copied by innumerable companies that placed it without rhyme or reason despite not have an apparent reason to do it (we remember that the reason for the notch is the Face ID). On this occasion, however, the null integration of this notch in macOS Monterey is completely intolerable.

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Regardless of whether we work with a well-integrated application or not, the mouse disappears from the user interface while we occupy the space of the notch, that is, virtually macOS does not identify that there is no screen there, and it acts as if we were facing a perfect rectangle . Something similar happens with the applications that Quinn Nelson shows us in the videos at the top. Sincerely me I find it hard to believe that no one at Apple Park in Cupertino has the ability to correctly integrate the notch into the user interface.

It goes without saying that we are talking about a laptop at a prohibitive price and that, not content with that, it is dedicated to the professional environment, precisely the least intolerant of this type of detail than to the Apple of yesteryear, even to the Apple of Tim Cook, I do not know they would have overlooked him.

Should've just been an overflow like this, albeit with a more fancy fade-off to the side - this it just a lazy demo pic.twitter.com/O1B79xo0Bt

- maxichrome (@heymaxichrome) October 28, 2021

Any twitterer with a bit of desire is capable of designing an interesting alternative, one of those that later Apple ends up copying and presenting at the next WWDC as if it were the cure for cancer, a cancer that they themselves created.

It is not an isolated case at the software level

We could have a certain level of tolerance, although as a consumer of products premium I don't think you have to have it. We pay a premium price precisely to avoid these issues that make a technology manufacturer one of the bunch. But in the event that we want to apply the vote of confidence, we would have to turn the other cheek. We find that iOS 15, a system that you have been able to see me defend tooth and nail in the #ApplePodcast that we do live, and which has been the most criticized in recent years for its lack of relevant news.

Someone should be embarrassed in Cupertino with the botch they are doing in iOS 15. pic.twitter.com/Cr7wUsCZOe

- Miguel Hernández (@ Miguel_h91) October 26, 2021

Absence of novelties is improvement of existing ones, right? Nothing is further from the truth, iOS 15 is full of intolerable bugs, starting with the erroneous operation of the calculation of% of the battery and the state of health of the same, accompanied by an overheating with undemanding applications like Spotify, sensitivity errors on the screen and the aberration that they have done with Safari, something that deserves a separate article.

We come to two conclusions: either Apple's quality standards in terms of software have dropped significantly, or there is a programming team that is limited to meeting a list of objectives without someone behind who cares about the quality of the result obtained. This is not what you would expect from a self-described product premium, if it were not so, it is difficult for me to understand that Apple trusts so much in itself as to sell us a rag of extremely small dimensions for around 25 euros, el que en Actualidad iPhone hemos decidido bautizar como el iRag.

It's not just software

Let's remember already nobody remembers the AirPower? Curious considering that it was they voluntarily who decided to announce a couple of renders of a product that allowed us to charge all our iDevices at the same time, or at least the iPhone, the AirPods and the iPhone. However, on March 29 Apple warned through a statement that we should get used to the idea that we can never pay hundreds of euros for a wireless charger (a little later they launched another less elegant one that also gives for a story). In this release Apple claimed that the AirPower did not meet the quality standards of the Cupertino company and therefore the project was dead.

Another example is that a year ago Apple introduced the MagSafe Duo charger, a charger for the iPhone and Apple Watch at a prohibitive price (€ 150) that was obsolete in less than twelve months, and is that the fast charge of the Apple Watch Series 7 is not compatible with this product. Not only that, but the iPhone 13 also gave problems with the MagSafe Duo, due to the charging module it does not fit correctly and its correct charging is prevented. A real outrage considering that mobile devices have at least a year and a half of development, did you not know that it would not fit in the future with the iPhone 13? I find it hard to believe that they can seriously launch a charger that the following year would not be compatible with the company's products for which it is intended.

These problems are inevitable in all brands, however, I find it hard to believe the regularity with which they occur in a brand like Apple, which boasts just the opposite.