Displaylink ceases to work in 10.13.4

stfm · 07-02-2018, 09:52 PM

This is entirely on Apple. Pulling this shit on a point release is idiotic, since we won't be able to get the security updates without the damaging code. This happens all the time. Suddenly your printer or Wacom board doesn't work, and the makers refuse to rewrite the drivers for old hardware. I feel bad for the companies that suffer from Apples' poor programming ethics. A point release should never break anything, unless it's addressing a serious bug.

Apple has become much worse than Microsoft in this regard. Especially killing API:s for no apparent reason. In their mind you're on your own if you don't run all-Apple. Microsoft mostly kill their own products, which seems fairer.

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07-02-2018, 09:52 PM	#11
stfm Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 24	This is entirely on Apple. Pulling this shit on a point release is idiotic, since we won't be able to get the security updates without the damaging code. This happens all the time. Suddenly your printer or Wacom board doesn't work, and the makers refuse to rewrite the drivers for old hardware. I feel bad for the companies that suffer from Apples' poor programming ethics. A point release should never break anything, unless it's addressing a serious bug. Apple has become much worse than Microsoft in this regard. Especially killing API:s for no apparent reason. In their mind you're on your own if you don't run all-Apple. Microsoft mostly kill their own products, which seems fairer.