Gone are the horror days of messy iOS updates that were universally feared by the community – some of us still remember the controversial iOS 7 release, when you were more likely to encounter a trove of bugs. In this day and age, software development is a much more grounded affair, with companies taking significantly less risks.
Why us that? One might argue that we’ve probably reached software nirvana, where a mature ecosystem meets a fully-evolved operating system, and there’s little to no reward in reinventing the wheel with each annual software refresh. Long-time users will likely grab the pitchforks in protest and look to spend their money elsewhere come holiday season shopping time, a dire possibility for any hardware maker.
