> 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.
