Comment by gks | Hacker News Reader

Comment by gks | Hacker News Reader

"We're stuck with it for another 18 months"

uh... I'm not so sure this is a "problem."

I'd rather be "stuck" with a solid, stable, and useful operating system on a device that needs to be reliable and always available.

Am I disappointed in iOS6? Yes, but not necessarily am I concerned that I'm "stuck" with it.

Primarily my disappointments are pretty geeky.

1) Not enough major advancements (inter-app communication)

2) It seems a bit weird to introduce so many non-developer features in the keynote, at a developer conference.

Regardless, I don't think we're "stuck" with it. I think they need to up the game for iOS 7 though, and if they don't then we may have a bit of a problem.

I think the authors point is that Apple used to lead, but with iOS 6 you can clearly see Apple being the laggard.

That makes him uneasy about Apple's (and iOS's) future. Remember how Microsoft used to kick ass? Remember how they used to drive/dictate how the entire PC industry was supposed to run? You remember that?

Slowly but surely they stopped doing that. Anti-trust lawsuits didn't help either. And where has that landed Microsoft today?

A cautious company, almost afraid of releasing a new version of MSIE, a web-browser, a minor component of their OS, which isn't 100% standards-compliant and with only the correct draft-specifications included, because last they they released something which did something differently than Firefox, the entire internet hated them for it.

A software company afraid of releasing software. At this point they are a turtle hiding in their shell. Not a very interesting thing to follow.

Apple isn't quite there yet, but it has been clear from the last years' (lack of) progress and development, that iOS is at a clear standstill. It makes you wonder why and what the future holds.

So his point was not if iOS 6 is terrible or not. His complaint is basically that he expected better from Apple. And now Apple is seemingly no longer able to deliver that.

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