Does it look like the software part of Apple has been consistently grappled with controversial decisions?
I heard Apple has been very secretive in its development. Maybe it works for hardware, but software is an area where collaboration across teams are very important, isolated bubble breeds incompetence and politics.
I don’t think there’s any secrecy left nowadays with Apple’s hardware, just a theatre. Their presentations are the least surprising of all tech firms - partly due leaks part due to super conservative feature development (if any).
Yeah, I remember when their hardware announcements were pretty much airtight. Up to Apple black-balling Gizmodo from all events after Gizmodo got ahold of an unreleased iPhone an employee had lost. Even then the phone was disguised inside the shell of an older model. [0]
The person that found the phone only poked around after he was confused when it went bricked a few hours later (remotely done by Apple). Then they actually tried to get it back to Apple, and got blown off. That's when they contacted Gizmodo. I think Apple was pissed that Gizmodo paid $5,000 to get it from the finder and didn't return it immediately to Apple without question or inspection.
Classic projection. Say one thing do another. If that is not an example of hostile company then I don't know what is. At least they don't yet harvest your DNA, make a clone of you and force him or her to work in their factories.
