alt Hacker NewsMy gosh I don't remember the last time I found anything useful on there. It feels like every response is someone telling OP that Apple doesn't read those forums, and directing them how to file feedback. Sad though to see Apple pull further away from their community.
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> I don't remember the last time I found anything useful on there.
Ditto. I'm sure it was a valuable resource during the earlier years of Apple when they were a much smaller company with a much smaller community of users, but those days are long gone.
Apple has been speedrunning the "Corporate Soulless Behemoth" since about the time that SJ kicked the bucket. There's no community care to be found there for years, it's only a corporate thing doing crowd control at this point.
sounds like Apple is trying to get customers to perform their support duties. Same thing with Microsoft, Dell, Nvidia, etc. Saves them a ton of money not having to actually provide real support.
Was it worse than Microsoft Answers?
It was pretty useful to know when something got broken for more than just you. E.g like iPhone mirroring being absolutely unreliable.
Obviously there never way to fix it in Apple walled garden, but at least you knew if others have same issues,