Apple isn't losing a war of words, it's getting its ass kicked in software. Just about everybody agrees that Android is now evolving faster than iOS. Many of their recent app releases have been mediocre or downright bad, and they still haven't really figured out how to run robust and reliable cloud services. Crucial new iOS APIs like AutoLayout are an absolute design-by-committee trainwreck.
Their hardware is still excellent if perhaps too conservative but I'm bearish on Apple mainly because I just don't see any evidence of the kind of software engineering discipline that's necessary to compete with Google.
> Just about everybody agrees that Android is now evolving
> faster than iOS
I don't. But with some selective picking you can argue anything you want.
> Many of their recent app releases have been mediocre or downright bad,
Like? Maps,and… maps? And even maps are OK.
> and they still haven't really figured out how to run robust and
> reliable cloud services
iCloud works just fine.
> Crucial new iOS APIs like AutoLayout are an absolute
> design-by-committee trainwreck
Since when AutoLayout is crucial? And what makes it trainwreck?
> but I'm bearish on Apple mainly because I just don't see any evidence
> of the kind of software engineering discipline that's necessary to compete with Google
You just hate Apple, I was able to guess the author of the comment without looking at the name.
And Apple competes with Google just fine.
I actually really like Apple's hardware and their core frameworks + Cocoa are mostly excellent. But I see bad policies and bad management steering the company in exactly the wrong direction so I speak up about it instead of dogmatically defending them at every turn.
Their hardware is still excellent if perhaps too conservative but I'm bearish on Apple mainly because I just don't see any evidence of the kind of software engineering discipline that's necessary to compete with Google.