This Developer Totally Nails Why iOS 8 Adoption Is So Slow
After an error-prone release that required 5GB of space to download - and a botched update, to boot - iPhone and iPad users are hesitant to update to iOS 8.
Adoption has increased by just 1% in the last two weeks.
Andrew Clark, an app developer based in Australia, told Wired why he thinks the iOS 8 rollout has failed to gain traction, compared to previous software launches.
'[It's] a nerd release... Can you think of any non-power-user features that it's worth upgrading for? Home Kit and Health Kit are useless until all the accessory makers get on board. Extensions and third party keyboards are great, but a casual user isn't going to understand or care about them. iCloud Photo Library will be huge but it's in beta and is switched off by default.'
Clark makes a good point. Unlike iOS 7, which offered a complete visual redesign of Apple's mobile operating system, the changes in iOS 8 are largely unseen. Sure, you can answer texts a little quicker, send an audio message in iMessage, or slap on a new keyboard whenever you feel like it, but most of the new functionality - including 4,000 new APIs for health and living room applications, and the Touch ID fingerprint sensor - is geared toward developers.
Perhaps some of the new features coming in iOS 8.1 , expected later this month, will alleviate some concerns about the operating system and offer enough 'newness' to incentivize mobile users to upgrade.
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