{"id":550961,"date":"2023-02-12T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/"},"modified":"2023-02-12T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T12:00:01","slug":"apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Apple\u2019s 8 Biggest Software Gaffes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d1a37e5d0e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#%E2%80%9CApples_8_Biggest_Software_Gaffes%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Apple\u2019s 8 Biggest Software Gaffes&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#The_iCloud_Photo_Library_Scanning_U-Turn\" >The iCloud Photo Library Scanning U-Turn<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#The_Launch_of_Apple_Maps_in_iOS_6\" >The Launch of Apple Maps in iOS 6<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#Spotty_iCloud_Performance\" >Spotty iCloud Performance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#iOS_7s_Bold_New_Direction_and_Bugs\" >iOS 7\u2019s Bold New Direction (and Bugs)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#The_Failures_of_the_Mac_App_Store\" >The Failures of the Mac App Store<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#%E2%80%9CError_53%E2%80%9D_and_Bricked_iPhones\" >\u201cError 53\u201d and Bricked iPhones<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#Two_Failed_Social_Networks_for_Music\" >Two Failed Social Networks for Music<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#Missed_Opportunities_in_Mac_Gaming\" >Missed Opportunities in Mac Gaming<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apples-8-biggest-software-gaffes\/#Even_More_Mistakes\" >Even More Mistakes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CApples_8_Biggest_Software_Gaffes%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Apple\u2019s 8 Biggest Software Gaffes&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<!-- UNCACHED CONTENT --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-847388\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iPhone-14-Front-1.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Justin Duino \/ How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le has a history of appealing product design, user-friendly software, and releasing products that are built to last. Along the way, Cupertino has made its fair share of memorable gaffes too. Here are some of the more notable mistakes.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_iCloud_Photo_Library_Scanning_U-Turn\"><\/span>The iCloud Photo Library Scanning U-Turn<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In August 2021 Apple published its plans to use on-device scanning to screen iCloud photo libraries for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The company said that the feature was \u201cdesigned with user privacy in mind\u201d and that the feature would use hashing to match the contents of a user\u2019s Photos library with known abusive images, without ever revealing the contents of the image.<\/p>\n<p>Accounts that matched would then be flagged, with Apple claiming there would be a \u201cone in one trillion chance per year of incorrectly flagging a given account.\u201d Once an account was flagged the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children would be contacted and a user\u2019s details passed on, for follow-up by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> was poorly received by many in the tech world, particularly privacy advocates who saw the move as a slippery slope to less robust privacy protections on Apple\u2019s platforms. A month later in September Apple announced that the company would be putting its plans on hold to \u201ccollect input and make improvements\u201d while promoting other child safety features like automatic flagging of images that may be unsuitable for children and more guidance in Siri, Spotlight, and Safari for staying safe online.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-865806\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/child_safety_ios_15.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Child safety features introduced in iOS 15\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Apple<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By December the company\u2019s plan to scan photos was removed from its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/child-safety\/\">Child Safety<\/a> announcement. A year later in December 2022 and the plan was scrapped entirely, after a year of silence from Apple. This incident is less of a gaffe and more like a company responding to criticism, but Apple probably should have expected significant pushback in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>But the real kicker here is that the company had already been scanning some uploaded material for years (though this was limited to iCloud Mail attachments) and that both Google and Microsoft already do this, as\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/22\/08\/26\/apples-csam-detection-system-may-not-be-perfect-but-it-is-inevitable\">outlined by AppleInsider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Launch_of_Apple_Maps_in_iOS_6\"><\/span>The Launch of Apple Maps in iOS 6<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The year is 2012 and you\u2019ve just picked up a shiny new iPhone 5, which came with iOS 6 pre-installed. The operating system looks quite different from the iPhone software of the future, with bloggers using words like \u201cskeuomorphic\u201d to describe the way UI elements and app icons mimicked real-life objects. But this time around there\u2019s a new icon and app in town: Apple Maps.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Maps certainly made a splash when it was first unleashed. Even the icon seemed to be a gaffe, showing driving directions that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2012\/06\/15\/maps-icon-in-ios-6-has-directions-driving-off-a-bridge-humor\/\">involved driving off a flyover<\/a> (a clever joke, perhaps). But the real-world directions weren\u2019t much better, with Apple Maps causing many drivers to get lost with the maps themselves peppered with mistakes and spelling mistakes.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"IgLDkHJduRg\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IgLDkHJduRg\/hqdefault.jpg');\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Cities and towns were missing altogether, while shops that no longer existed would appear on the map as real businesses. Some errors were more serious than others, with the Victorian town of Mildura in Australia shown 40 miles (64 KM) from its real destination. With temperatures frequently soaring above 110\u00baF (43\u00baC), wrong turns can turn deadly for those who aren\u2019t prepared. Things got so bad that Apple CEO Tim Cook issued a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/219356\/apple-ceo-tim-cook-were-extremely-sorry-for-ios-6-maps-frustration.html\">public apology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Maps did introduce some improvements over the previous Maps app, which was powered by Google. Turn-by-turn directions were new and welcome, helping many ditch cumbersome dedicated GPS units in favor of a smartphone. Unfortunately, turn-by-turn isn\u2019t too useful if you can\u2019t rely on directions. Google didn\u2019t release its Google Maps for iPhone app until December of 2012, which meant iPhone users were stuck with Apple Maps for months. (There was at least a web version of Google Maps.)<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Apple Maps grew up into a genuinely useful mapping application. The app has come a long way since those early days, and now features impressive 3D photogrammetry, multi-stop <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> planning, speed limit information, hazard and speed trap reporting, and some neat integration with other Apple services like Siri and CarPlay. It\u2019s worth giving it another go if you\u2019ve previously written it off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>The Best CarPlay Apps for Navigating, Entertainment, and More<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spotty_iCloud_Performance\"><\/span>Spotty iCloud Performance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Say what you will about iCloud, but there\u2019s no denying Apple\u2019s cloud storage service has had its issues. Two years in developers were referring to the cloud service as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2013\/03\/27\/icloud-fails-to-just-work-for-third-party-apps-complain-developers\/\">a developer\u2019s worst nightmare<\/a>\u201d due to Apple\u2019s early failure to integrate iCloud with Core Data, the way that iPhone apps store data. This led many developers to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/221433\/developers-on-dropbox-datastore-as-an-icloud-alternative.html\">consider using Dropbox over iCloud<\/a>\u00a0to sync app data.<\/p>\n<p>Many developers passed comment on their problems with iCloud including Ulysses developer Max Seelemann who, in an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macobserver.com\/tmo\/article\/an-apple-developer-explains-how-icloud-is-broken\">The Mac Observer<\/a>, commented: \u201cit looks simple, the methods are certainly simple and the documentation is written in a simple way \u2014 but its use is everything but simple,\u201d while also remarking that \u201ciCloud, once it works, is absolutely stunning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back then iCloud was far more closed off. Though iCloud first arrived with iOS 5 in 2011, it wasn\u2019t until the release of iOS 8 in 2014 that iCloud Drive was introduced. This allowed iPhone and Mac users to store files in iCloud, just like Google Drive, Dropbox, and others had been doing for years.<\/p>\n<p>Like Maps, iCloud has matured a lot since it was first introduced. Though complaints have died down and many apps now use iCloud as standard, fresh iCloud sync issues appeared in November 2021, prompting developers to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/developers-unhappy-with-bug-causing-icloud-unreliability.2332348\/\">speak out in early 2022<\/a>\u00a0in a bid to improve reliability. By January, Apple <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2022\/01\/26\/apple-devs-icloud-sync-fix\/\">informed developers<\/a>\u00a0that the issue was fixed.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"iOS_7s_Bold_New_Direction_and_Bugs\"><\/span>iOS 7\u2019s Bold New Direction (and Bugs)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>2013\u2019s iOS 7 release represented a huge shift in direction for the iPhone and iPad, and one that persists to this day. By ditching the faux-realism of iOS 5 and earlier in favor of a flat, transparent design language, Apple overhauled the look at feel of iOS (changes which eventually filtered through to macOS too).<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, iOS 7 focused mostly on design and not necessarily on productivity. Many of the changes made it more difficult to access common features, with controls hidden and animations introduced that slowed down the overall workflow. Some even complained that the new animations and parallax background effects caused motion sickness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-865808\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ios_7_2013.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"iOS 7 home screen, Control Center, and AirDrop\" width=\"730\" height=\"382\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The new look proved divisive and glitchy or laggy UI elements did little to win many over. This wasn\u2019t necessarily the case across the board, with many pleased to see a more modern and minimalistic UI. On the newest devices (notably the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S), the transparency effects and animations performed well. Whatever you thought of it,\u00a0iOS 7\u2019s rough new look paved the way for the (admittedly more functional and attractive) iOS of today.<\/p>\n<p>There were other problems too, like a big drop in performance on the iPhone 4 (which Apple later attempted to fix with the 7.1 update). Many complained of significant battery drain, though this is often reported im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely after an iOS update and can be due to thirsty background processes in the wake of an update.<\/p>\n<p>On top of this third-party apps seemed more prone to crashing, likely a result of significant changes to the underlying software. iOS 7 also had a bug that made it possible to bypass the lock screen in a matter of seconds, later patched in iOS 7.0.2.<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be fair to write iOS 7 off entirely. Apple made strides with some new features. These included Control Center for quickly accessing settings, AirDrop for wireless file transfer, and the first iteration of CarPlay.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Failures_of_the_Mac_App_Store\"><\/span>The Failures of the Mac App Store<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Mac App Store works a lot like the App Store on the iPhone and iPad. It\u2019s an Apple-vetted method of distributing software, and it comes with many of the same prerequisites. You must conform to Apple\u2019s guidelines around the types of apps that are available and the technologies in use, but you get some nice bonuses like automatic updates and the ability to avoid Gatekeeper warnings.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, many developers have complained about the restrictive nature of Apple\u2019s Mac storefront. One of the highest-profile examples was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sketch.com\/\">Sketch<\/a>, a professional design app, being pulled from the store in 2015 with the developer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sketch.com\/blog\/leaving-the-mac-app-store\/\">stating<\/a>: \u201cApp Review continues to take at least a week, there are technical limitations imposed by the Mac App Store guidelines (sandboxing and so on) that limit some of the features we want to bring to Sketch, and upgrade pricing remains unavailable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-865813\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mac_app_Store.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Mac App Store on macOS Ventura\" width=\"730\" height=\"399\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sketch still has no Mac App Store version to this day, but the app seems to be going strong. Fortunately, Mac users have an alternative the iPhone and iPad owners do not in that they can install software from anywhere on the macOS platform. But at least Apple\u2019s restrictions maintain a high quality of software on the Mac App Store, right? Unfortunately not.<\/p>\n<p>The Mac App Store has fallen victim to an abundance of crapware, much of which ticks the right boxes to pass Apple\u2019s vetting process but can leave consumers paralyzed by choice. Things have improved somewhat since 2017, but the store isn\u2019t perfect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s in particular still leave a lot to be desired. Multiplayer experiences are still poor on Apple\u2019s platform, with games like <em>Civilization VI<\/em> lacking online multiplayer altogether despite fetching the same price as the (online multiplayer-capable) Steam versions. Pricing is also exorbitant, and (likely due to dwindling popularity) development is slow in terms of updates. We\u2019d recommend buying games on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=e7eab128eb8d1c53e14db14f4c632447&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.steampowered.com&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">Steam<\/a> or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\">itch.io<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CError_53%E2%80%9D_and_Bricked_iPhones\"><\/span>\u201cError 53\u201d and Bricked iPhones<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2016 some iPhone users started noticing an \u201cError 53\u201d warning that rendered their devices unusable after updating to iOS 9. The error was a result of repairs performed on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus by a third-party (non-Apple) technician, particularly relating to the Touch ID sensor.<\/p>\n<p>Headlines at the time suggested Apple was further tightening its grip on the iPhone ecosystem by preventing iPhone repairs from non-Apple authorized technicians. The issue resulted in a flood of posts on the Apple Support Communities forum where users complained that their iPhones were dead after upgrading to iOS 9.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the outrage, Apple assured customers that Error 53 \u201cwas designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers.\u201d The apology noted that the error stems from a security test \u201cdesigned to check whether Touch ID works properly before the device leaves the factory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To accompany the apology Apple issued a patched version of iOS 9.2.1 via iTunes which promised to fix the issue on all devices, even those that were no longer usable. Even with the patch applied, iPhone owners who had turned to third-party repair centers for repairs affected by the issue were still not able to use Touch ID due to the way fingerprint security was handled by the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Only returning to Apple and having the sensor repaired by an Apple-certified technician would restore full functionality to the device. The legacy of Error 53 lives on today and you can now tell whether your iPhone has been repaired with non-genuine Apple parts.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Two_Failed_Social_Networks_for_Music\"><\/span>Two Failed Social Networks for Music<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Remember iTunes Ping? What about Apple Music Connect? You\u2019d be forgiven if neither rings a bell since both were closed down by Apple only a few years after launching. Both ended up succumbing to the same killer issue that has been the death of many social networks over the years: users didn\u2019t seem to care.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-865811\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/itunes_ping-1.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"iTunes Ping\" width=\"730\" height=\"454\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>iTunes Ping launched in 2010 as a way for artists and promoters to connect with fans, and for fans to share music. Ping closed down in 2012, right around the time when many such networks were growing exponentially. What should have been a music fan\u2019s oversharing dream faded away into obscurity due to the way Apple implemented the feature.<\/p>\n<p>Baked into iTunes, Ping was a fiddly mess to use. It lacked proper Facebook integration, and when sharing music with friends you were limited to scant 90-second samples. Its ability to help you discover music or even gauge what was going viral at the time left a lot to be desired, and many artist Ping pages felt like hollow marketing tools.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Music Connect wasn\u2019t much better. It launched in 2015 and got its own tab in the Music app on iPhones and iPads, plus integration with iTunes at the time. Connect gave artists control over pages, just as Ping did before it, but uptake was poor. There were simply better ways for artists to connect with fans that didn\u2019t involve signing up for a premium music streaming service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-865809\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/apple_music_connect.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Apple Music Connect\" width=\"730\" height=\"140\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Finding friends who used the service was more complicated than it needed to be, and there was no way to listen to the same music with others (at least now we have SharePlay). Posts were limited to those made by artists, and the feature became a less prominent part of the Apple Music experience until it was killed off in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those features persist today, like the ability to find and follow friends but the integration is still poor. Finding your friends involves diving into your profile (hidden under your user icon) or perusing the \u201cWhat Friends Are Listening To\u201d section of the Listen tab. Still, at least Apple\u2019s not calling it a social network anymore.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Missed_Opportunities_in_Mac_Gaming\"><\/span>Missed Opportunities in Mac Gaming<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s often said that people don\u2019t buy Macs for gaming, but that didn\u2019t necessarily need to be the case. Apple\u2019s longstanding indifference to gaming in the non-mobile sense of the word is a big missed opportunity.\u00a0It\u2019s not necessarily that Apple did anything to drive people away from Mac gaming, but rather they did very little to help the scene along (until now, at least).<\/p>\n<p>Windows will always have the edge when it comes to hardware and software freedom, but people still buy underpowered laptops that run Windows and run games on them. A glance at the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=e7eab128eb8d1c53e14db14f4c632447&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fhwsurvey%3Fplatform%3Dpc&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">Steam Hardware Survey<\/a> tells you all you need to know about the average Steam gaming PC. In January 2023 that was a six-core Intel-based processor with 16GB of RAM, a GTX 1650 with only 1GB VRAM and a primary resolution of only 1080p, running Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Mac gaming scene has persisted\u00a0<em>despite<\/em> Apple, so imagine how far along it could have come with more of a hands-on approach. The most popular\u00a0<em>World of Warcraft<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Sims<\/em> type games always seemed to arrive, as do many indie titles alongside their respective Linux releases. But a huge portion of the industry flatly ignores the Mac. Considering Apple is one of the most profitable companies in the world, throwing some money at the problem might have helped things along.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Apple seems to finally be waking up to this with titles like <em>Resident Evil Village<\/em> launching on Mac as a showcase for what Metal 3\u2019s new MetalFX upscaler can do.\u00a0It\u2019s also worth acknowledging that \u201cmobile\u201d gaming is very much Apple\u2019s pie, with the company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/21\/10\/03\/apple-earned-more-from-gaming-than-sony-nintendo-microsoft-activision-combined\">raking in more profit than Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo<\/a> in this department. The term \u201cmobile\u201d game is nebulous, however, since Apple operates its stores on iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, macOS, and via its Apple Arcade gaming subscription.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Even_More_Mistakes\"><\/span>Even More Mistakes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you enjoyed this look at some of Apple\u2019s biggest software missteps, make sure to check out our list of Apple\u2019s biggest hardware design fails too.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these problems, Apple still has a commanding share of the industry. 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