Mossberg: Apple's apps need work | The Verge

Mossberg: Apple’s apps need work | The Verge

February 03, 2016 February 01, 2016 Complexity, feature gaps, and bugs have crept in People think of Apple as a maker of excellent premium hardware. In fact, many reviewers regard Apple devices as the best you can buy. For instance, I’m on record as saying its most important product, the iPhone, is the best smartphone on the market . So is The Verge overall . But there’s more than just metal, glass, and silicon to these products. Apple’s built-in software is a huge part of the experience, and has been since the company introduced the first Mac in 1984. Whether it’s the operating systems or the core apps, a major aspect of what makes both users and reviewers value Apple products is software that melds power, reliability, and ease of use. “ It just works! ” was a favorite Steve Jobs phrase. In the last couple of years, however, I’ve noticed a gradual degradation in the quality and reliability of Apple’s core apps, on both the mobile iOS operating system and its Mac OS X platform.

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