Apple’s Feedback Mechanism Is Broken ⇥ caseyliss.com
Why is this the accepted way to get the attention of an engineer? For something as simple as a one-line code change, why are my only two options:
Wait for June and hope I get an audience with the right engineer at a lab
Use one of my two Technical Support Incidents and hope it’s fruitful… and that I don’t need that one for something else later in the year
I understand why Apple sets limits on Technical Support Incidents, but restricting developers to just two per year is a bit like giving employees two sick days per year. Developers can buy more if they run out but they are not cheap and expire a year after purchase, so their use is somewhat disincentivized.
Also, I learned something from Liss’ article. You know how Feedback Assistant disappears from your iOS or iPadOS device when you update to a release candidate version, therefore making it difficult to report bugs from your iPhone or iPad? It turns out the applefeedback:// URL protocol still opens Feedback Assistant on RC versions, and I made the world’s simplest Shortcut to trigger it.