Apple Blames Instagram for iPhone 15 Heating🔥. Shocked/Not Shocked

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Today’s tech news is full of iOS 17 and iPhone 15 news. Whenever Apple releases a new handset, it typically comes with a small collection of problems typically fixed with a software update with little fanfare.

“This year that isn’t true. I think this year’s version of the iPhone has told us more about Apple as a company than ever before. I’d like to explore with you what is happening and what that means for us software developers.”

The Blame Game Didn’t Exist In The Past

Remember in the olden days? 
That time Face ID failed in a live presentation and Craig Federighi switched to a backup iPhone like a pro? Nothing more was heard and apparently, the new iPhone was not at fault.

”It feels like decades ago. However, we are not talking about that long ago. We are talking about responsibility here.

Who is responsible? The people in charge of both the hardware and the software running on people’s devices. Apple used to be ‘brave’ enough to admit this.”

The Blame Game At Play Now Is Toxic For Devs

The Secret Developer thought it a great idea to suggest we need to stop updating our collective iPhone as a parody. Although that article seems to have been a joke, they are now coming around to suggesting that people stop buying the iPhone at all.

”It’s one thing to blame users for hardware faults. TBH we all hate users, and it’s fun to make them the issue.

When you’re blaming other developers for the issues that’s another thing. To blame Instagram for iPhones overheating is a new low.

Not because Instagram is blameless (I think at Meta they paid not to work) but because saying it’s another dev simply isn’t cool.

They aren’t helping the cause of software developers by throwing the problem over the fence. That’s probably why Siri is in the state it is in. They probably blame Siri developers for the quality and this behavior leads to the drain circling of this once great company..”

Conclusion

In this article, The Secret Developer claims that Apple is changing in a way that impacts the quality of their devices and software. Namely, this is blaming others for their mistakes at work and the resulting low quality of their devices and software.

”I know it’s a joke coming from me after blaming Scrum, testers, or the tech culture for my Scrum, testers, or the tech culture for my own failures.

I think that isn’t hypocrisy as I’m not a multi-billion-dollar company.

Also, it’s your fault.”