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iOS 11 Overtakes iOS 10, Now Installed on 47% of Devices
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Not surprising its adoption is slow, they no longer allow 32-bit apps to run so some people are probably holding out. And what is so special about iOS 11 anyway?
People who update more quickly are on average more likely to use their device more and visit a site Mixpanel monitors. A device isn't that isn't used much will still automatically checks in with Apple if it is on with a connection to the internet.
It makes me wonder if Apple has external control on the nagging and it was delayed because of the serious bugs in the early versions. The nagging did start the same day 11.0.3 was available and as you say a bit later than previously.
If all updated devices check in with Apple, but only some visit Mixpanel sites, then it’s impossible for Apples own numbers to be lower than Mixpanel.
You don’t have to understand for it to be a valid statement. I’m in the same boat as him.
You can’t really show off unless there’s something you can compare it to. Like, maybe, a competitor who has dismally low numbers in the same category?
You're generalizing from your own experience. Since you brought up "logic," I'll point out that's not a sound basis for making larger inferences. Similarly, citing "the majority" also doesn't really have any bearing on anything, either. (And how "happy" they are with iOS 11 is not anything on which I have seen a market research study yet. Do you have a citation?)
The number of reports of issues, both anecdotal and systematic, is substantial. Relative to prior OS releases? Tough to say.
It's great that you love the experience, but even putting the bugs aside, I and several others see it as a regression in at least a few places. That's an assessment, and one which we are entitled to make. I was using Apple stuff long before 98%+ of the people on here. I have no incentive to criticize or "nitpick" as you call it unless I think it's warranted.
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In a word: no.
It's simple to track only a single session per person. All web analytics software allows this (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, etc). In this case you'd look at all the traffic to a bunch of sites, and count only unique visits, then look at which browser and OS they're using.
This prevents counting a single user more than once. No issue oversampling.
I'm curious what the adoption rate of Google devices such as the Nexus 6P and Pixel 1. Obviously the non-stock installations of Android are skewing this number.
The Apple version of “back in my day things were better (because I grew up with them so it somehow makes them better).”
I bet most Nexus and Pixels are updated. They just happen to be a very tiny percentage of devices sold. The Pixel apparently only sold 1 million in a year. That’s a ridiculously low number.
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Don’t you think people complaining about issues are also generalizing? As in “I’ve had issues so everyone else must be having issues as well”?
That’s not really tricked. That’s poor awareness on their part.
Online sure. Generally speaking I believe things more when I see it myself which I have.
The way it's pushed, prodded and nagged at an idevice owner to update, the fact it's only at 47% tells you something.
iDevice owners realize the latest greatest software isn't always what you want on your device. At best, it's the original software and MAYBE the next update, AT BEST. Anything beyond mostly like will cripple an ios device (not so much an android phone). Apple owners realize this. That's why android owners aren't as concerned as apple owners about updates.
iDevice owners realize the latest greatest software isn't always what you want on your device. At best, it's the original software and MAYBE the next update, AT BEST. Anything beyond mostly like will cripple an ios device (not so much an android phone). Apple owners realize this. That's why android owners aren't as concerned as apple owners about updates.
Seems like the explanation is already provided, and not much tricking, or "tricking", is involved.
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Doesn't seem like anything about it really tells what that "something" might actually be, or if there are many different "somethings" that are of different meanings for different people.
Sites like this and support forms make issues appear more widespread than they really are. We have plenty of science that's proven this time and time again. A vocal few suddenly make a small issue impacting less than a fraction of a single percent appear to be far larger.
For example, these forums were "filled" with complaints about video issues on the 2012 Mac mini. People here claimed it was a huge show-shopping problem impacting everyone. In reality, the issue was impacting in less than 1% of all 2012 Mac mini users according to Apple's data.
Even if thousands of users were on this site complaining about a single issue (which isn't the case), that's still nothing compared to the MILLIONS of iOS users out there. They'd be a vocal few making up a fraction of a percent of all users.
I can tell you that the number of reported issues (to Apple directly) with iOS 11 is about the same (actually a hint below) what we've seen with previous x.0.x releases in the past.
Only because Apple stopped signing 10.3.3 so people who accidentally downgraded or were curious have no way of upgrading back to a more stable and responsive version.
