What Casey Liss thinks about Apple
Independent iOS developer and podcaster; co-hosts the Accidental Tech Podcast and Analog(ue), and makes the apps Callsheet, MaskerAid and Peek-a-View.
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8 dated positions, 2019 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Casey Liss has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsApple's multitasking changes for iPadOS 26 are incredible. They work well with a finger, but work great with a pointing device.
- 3 years earlier
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Their wordsApple's feedback system is fundamentally broken - at least, for everyone who does not work at Apple.
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Their wordsUnfortunately, Feedback Assistant and Radar are tools for Apple, and they serve Apple's needs and only Apple's. They are a complete waste of time for outside developers.
- 13 months earlier
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Their wordsApple doesn't seem to prioritize documentation in the way I think they should.
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Their wordsMy money is on Combine being neutered - if not straight-up scuttled - by an over-zealous SwiftUI champion, politicking within Apple.
- 6 months earlier
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Their wordsApple's documentation has, for years, been pretty bad. Over the last couple years, it has gone from bad → awful → despicable → embarrassing.
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Their wordsAs my friend Adam Swinden pointed out to me on Twitter, as old APIs get deprecated, often times Apple can't be bothered to include documentation for the new ones.
- 17 months earlier
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Our readingCombine is a first-party, blessed, approved framework for reactive programming on Apple platforms.
Their wordsSo much of Combine is exactly what I've been hoping for: a first-party, blessed, approved, framework for reactive programming on Apple platforms.