Apple’s recent software development delay underscores the need to get ambitious 2024 updates right. Also: Initial thoughts on Apple’s latest MacBook Pros and iMac, and what an M3 Ultra chip could look like.
Usually, I’m the first to lay Apple’s declining quality record at the door of Federighi, poor resourcing etc., but perhaps that’s not the whole picture. Maybe, just maybe, the lion’s share rests with Apple’s obsession with annual sw releases to ship with annual hw releases. Hardware could still be annual, but surely this annual release obsession needs to be broken. S.Jobs recognised this. How can someone get this through to the present CEO?
I’m sure this is a point of contention internally. The annual releases have become a major annual hype event, that generate buzz and encourage customer loyalty.
This is good for shareholders, but bad for the developer team.
The articles below reveal that Federighi (Head of SW) has been struggling with the annual release scramble for some years now.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-12/how-apple-plans-to-root-out-bugs-revamp-iphone-software
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/apple-ios-14-features-changes-testing-after-ios-13-bugs
Usually, I’m the first to lay Apple’s declining quality record at the door of Federighi, poor resourcing etc., but perhaps that’s not the whole picture. Maybe, just maybe, the lion’s share rests with Apple’s obsession with annual sw releases to ship with annual hw releases. Hardware could still be annual, but surely this annual release obsession needs to be broken. S.Jobs recognised this. How can someone get this through to the present CEO?
And who enforces the annual software releases? The blame lies with Federighi first and Cook second.
I’m sure this is a point of contention internally. The annual releases have become a major annual hype event, that generate buzz and encourage customer loyalty.
This is good for shareholders, but bad for the developer team.