Products · Broad category
iOS and macOS
Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2015–2026), in 10 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with iOS and macOS, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 11 complaints
- The UI is described as horrible to use2026-04-20
- Keystrokes are not reliably processed with subsecond latency, so typing lags2026-04-20
- Keyboard fails to appear and autocorrect and key presses misbehave daily2026-02-16
- Contains dark patterns that push users into choices they did not make2024-02-04
- Pressing headphone play with no media opens Apple Music and prompts subscription2023-12-15
- Apple's software is becoming worse, not better2022-01-26
- Cannot lower screen contrast; grayscale mode makes it hard to tell if links are clicked2022-01-14
- Many builds are unusable, so users suffer through broken releases2021-01-19
- Animations and transparency make the OS unpleasant, so the user must disable them in accessibility settings2020-10-27
- Intrusive pop-ups and hidden gestures make the system clunky, complicated and slower each version2019-12-23
- Serious interface changes disrupt the commenter's workflow and user experience2019-12-22