Marco Arment

@marcoarment The 1-year OS lifecycle is showing all its limits and I think Apple knows it, but they don't know how to stretch it.

@cdf1982 yes they do, kill it and go back to the original cycle, 2-3 years.

@mikhailt … extensions that allow better integration between apps, so both OSes are now mature enough not to need a yearly update cycle!

@cdf1982 Unfortunately, it’s the worst time to do it because both OSes have too many issues. If they focus on issuing more bug fix updates..

@mikhailt sure, my tweet wasn't clear, I meant that no new version next year would be acceptable, but updates for bugfixes are needed

@cdf1982 Oh, gotcha. Yea, stability/optimization updates like Snow Leopard are badly needed for both iOS/OS X platforms.

@marcoarment Lets hope Apple reads developer feedback and makes 2015 a Snow Leopard year.

@JoshHrach They won’t. Marketing is driving the release schedule, and marketing needs constant new features.

@marcoarment 10.11 will probably make our 2013 devices really slow and unusable. Yosemity nearly did it this year :/

@marcoarment I hope they see the slow adoption rates as a sign, but until they start losing money, nothing will change. By then too late.

@applejosh @marcoarment @marcoarment Bugs etc a definite problem, but why would incremental features/updates help them?

@marcoarment Merlin and I talked about this on the last b2w. Same sentiments.