Apple is lost

Intentional obsolescence

5 year old Android tablet… most popular apps install and run. 5 year old iPad Mini… 90% of popular apps won’t install, rendering it nearly useless. This issue isn’t directly Apple’s fault, as there is a way for developers to support older versions of the iOS… they simply don’t as a rule.

AI is here

My 5-year old grand niece has been siting here conversing with Alexa/Echo for the last half hour. It won’t be too many generations in the future where conversations with AI will be just as common place as with biologicals.

Battery issues

This article only mentions the iPhone; but, I would bet $$ that Apple is dogging tablets as well. A few year old iPad is now essentially useless due to it’s snail pace even after a factory reset + OS upgrade. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-tell-if-your-iphone-battery-is-screwed-and-what-1821554872