Apple Releases iOS 9.3.1 With Fix for Web Link Crashing Bug

No matter what anyone thinks about the bug in the first place you have to give some credit for acknowledging the issue and sending out a fix in a reasonable time.

I'll wait a couple days before installing that one...

Glad they are on it, but this really shouldn't happen with so many betas before general release.

It wouldn't have mattered if there were 100 betas, this issue was NOT present in the betas. They must have changed something between the last beta and the GM. Apple acknowledged there was an issue and released a patch. On Android, you'd be waiting months for a fix...

I find 9.3 to be very reliable and stable for the days it has been out. One little bug does not mean they have lost a focus on stability. However, the amount of different products they have is a bit of a concern, but that is a different discussion.

One little bug? This affected the usability of Safari, Mail and any apps containing links for 6 days. My device was largely a brick for work.

At least with Antenna-Gate on the iPhone 4, you could still make a phone call. This was bigger than that.

:mad::):D Have You Hugged Your Mac Today?

Every day!

iPhone 6plus - bug did not show
iPad Air 2 - bug showed

Bookingdotcom - was once installed but removed from both devices at some point long before 9.3

Some sort of plist or cache for the app must still have caused the issue on iPad Air2. Not sure why iPhone was spared.

As for software freeze. I just can't see in today's climate of always adding features to keep users, stockholders and market share happy and growing that any company could do that. Bugs are going to get released. Known or unknown. It's just how things have become.

Every platform, every vendor, every device being created will suffer some form of an issue. Millions/Billions lines of code. Millions of programs/apps. Billions of devices. Billions of parts.

Tbh it's amazing that it all holds together as well as it does from concept to production to end user. One tiny defect in raw materials, programming, assembly, shipping, use etc can ripple thru in ways no one can predict.

I work as a technology integrator and use a wide array of products and manufacturers. I run into issues and problems daily as unexpected cases arise where something in the system has unexpected behavior. You work thru it, try to replicate and move on.

Technology is not infallible, people are not infallible. Expecting perfection on this scale is not realistic.