Apple is a very profitable company…perhaps the most profitable of them all! They continue to make incredible profits and set the mark for future products. But they are far from perfect. The last couple of weeks have demonstrated that.
First came the incredible, but stupid, security flaw in their MAC OS. They recently released an updated version of the OS, but users found that anyone could log into a MAC computer simply by entering ROOT as the name with no password needed. That meant that anyone could log into any MAC computer without the consent or knowledge of the owner. Whoops! To their credit, Apple released a fix the day after it was discovered. But the fix blocked file sharing!
A few days later, Apple issued another upgrade to the operating system. The problem was this upgrade wiped out the fix for the ROOT issue. Oh dear! As far as I know, this problem has not been fixed yet.
It has also been found that Apple recently made changes to the overall security of iOS devices. They didn’t announce any changes, but the bottom line is your iPhone and iPad are a lot less secure. Its sad as Apple has always been known as the paragon of security.
I have my own issues with Apple. You might call it “Love/Hate” relationship these days. I love my 27” Mac, my iPhone, iPad, and the now discontinued iPod Classic. I also love iTunes on the MAC, Notepad, and Safari.
What I don’t like, even despise, are all MAC laptops, the iPhone 10, Apple Music, the Apple Watch, and The Apple TV. I had a MacBook Pro laptop and got rid of it mainly because of its crappy keyboard. While the iPhone 10 may be the darling of the mobile world right now, it’s Face ID is far from perfect and I would rather stick to the fingerprint readers in other iPhones.
Apple Music is not for anyone over 35. The Apple Watch has made a lot of progress lately in usability, but I would never buy a watch whose cheapest watchband is $50. The Apple TV has the worst remote ever invented and is very overpriced compared to others like Roku and Amazon Fire. In fact, all the products on my “hate” list are all so overpriced as to be ridiculous. But people buy them and Apple makes a ton of money. My gripes are my own.
But, I am not alone in some of my complaints. The MacBook Pro can be deemed a failure because of the so-called touch bar that few people like. Many laptop users are giving up on Apple and moving over to Windows.
The bottom line of all this is the shine has come off Apple just a bit. But, they are still making a ton of money. On the positive side, if my MAC stopped working, I would buy another one in a heartbeat. Same with my iPad and iPhone. No way am I interested in moving to Android.
For more on Apple’s problems, be sure and read our first two stories. There are also some tips below, so read on! –JRC
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