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Trying to help and elderly friend with

2026-05-08 00:20:02.816511+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Trying to help and elderly friend with his iPhone, and holy shit Apple's standards have dropped. Apple apps/screens that pop the keyboard over the password and won't let me paste, inconsistent placement of "next" buttons and permissions stuff.

What happened to this company?

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#Comment Re: made: 2026-05-08 00:36:42.102778+02 by: spc476

The death of Steve Jobs finally caught up to them.

#Comment Re: made: 2026-05-08 02:03:50.157104+02 by: markd

The best and the brightest are on VisionPro. iOS is lower tier. MacOS is unfortunately bottom tier (no longer cool). Plus when you're cranking out features with AI, attention to detail gets lost in the volume.

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