The iPad Pro is a great device, I use mine daily along with the Apple Pencil, which considering it's a first gen product is the best stylus on the market. So you don't like the product because it takes a while to update?
No, I don't like that the device no longer works after it gets an update. I've lost the ability to use two ipod touches, two iphones, a macbook, and an ipad because a software update made the device slower.
I think you need a little more patient. At least there are regular software updates, just take a look at Andriod, Samsung phones and tablets are lucky if they get the latest Andriod updates (for example).
How does breaking equipment justify an update?
As for Cloud services I can't say I have a problem, if i upload a document into iCloud Drive it syncs across all of my devices. Apple Music is doing well (20 million paid subscribers) and is a service I use everyday. The Airpods are great and work with every Apple product really easily.
Really? My iCloud can take hours to sync. I had to switch to drop box for items that need to move between devices regularly. A Google search to find a solution only shows that other people have the same problem.
I've heard nothing about any power issues with AirPods and I'm not sure how lightning doesn't work with a MacBook.
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/28/airpods-battery-drain-charging-case/
Does your MacBook charge with a lightning cable? Mine doesn't.
You mean because you might need an adaptor to charge a device from a MacBook?
I shouldn't need more than one power brick to charge my devices. New devices that all have different chargers: magsafe for the macbook air, a usb for the macbook pro, a lighting cable for the iphone, and dock for the Apple Watch. There is no excuse for that.
Sorry but you sound like someone who expects all tech to work perfectly together over years and years of use which is just unreasonable.
Nope, but they should work in the same year.
Maybe things worked more like that 30 years ago but the tech industry is accelerating more than ever now.
Not when you look at only one manufacturer.
You will be lucky if any single computer and mobile device work together perfectly for more than 5 years from here on.
Again, we are talking about devices all sold at the same time. The point of buying all Apple is to ensure the devices do work perfectly together.
If I have seven devices that use iCloud, I expect them to all sync without issues. I expect them to share cables. I expect software updates to add security or features, and not remove them or brick them.
There was a time, before Cook, when you expected 6 to 10 years from an Apple device. I have a powermac MDD that still runs a VR studio perfectly. But I also have iPods that can't launch run the stock mail application because of a non-reversible update. I have an iPad that force quits when I open an iBooks with more than a 200 pages. I have an Apple TV that can no longer use stock apps to which I was told to buy an aTV4 if I wanted to continue to use those features.
So yes, Apple breaks old devices, and buying new devices doesn't solve the issue because they don't share features with other new devices.
I'm not forced to buy Apple, but if do buy it I expect them to honor what they sold. If they push out an update that negatively impacts performance than they ought to replace the device, regardless of how old it is.
This is where other people have made comments about the product lineup. Steve's return to Apple came with a decrease in product lineup. He wanted to make a few things really well, so it was easy to figure out what you needed. There was a mobile line and a desktop line. There was a pro and consumer model of each. Your box told you what to buy. To some degree we can still do that:
iPhone: 90% consume
iPad: 70% consume
Mac: <50% consume
- Maybe...
Because what mac do you get?
The slow macbook? The unprofessional macbook pro, the abandoned mac mini or mac pro?
Maybe the unfixable iMac?
Which iPad? Do you need a pencil that doesn't work with your mac, your portable ipad or phone?
None of this would be an issue if you could upgrade as your needs changed. But you can't. If you buy a iPad mini, you can't use the pencil. If you get a macbook you can't add more ram. Or storage. or GPU. If you buy a MacPro, cross your fingers that Apple updates their drivers for your graphics card of choice.
