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i think FaceTime is the worst macOS app ever made

i’ve never seen an app that can crash or lock the whole operating system

design-wise it looks completely out of place



FaceTime is the reason my whole extended family moved to Apple. There was no comparably reliable and easy to use video call app 10+ years ago.


Skype? Initial release in 2003. Purchased by Microsoft for a gazillion dollars in 2011.


Tried it, the quality was terribly inconsistency and FaceTime’s use of phone number as AppleID and not needing username/password made it much easier to use.


I think Home app tops it. Just try if you have any HomeKit enabled lights for example. I think it's some half-assed attempt at just running the iOS version on the Mac. It's just so hilariously bad - I just now tried it again and I still have no idea how do the most basic of things - change the brightness of a light. There is a slider which on iOS you would intuitively know what to do with, but on this Mac version I have no idea what the input is meant to be.




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