The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026

Re:The Apple Support Community will permanently close on Nov... by wafflebot on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:02PM (#50449613)

My gosh I don't remember the last time I found anything useful on there. It feels like every response is someone telling OP that Apple doesn't read those forums, and directing them how to file feedback. Sad though to see Apple pull further away from their community.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Apple Support Community will permanently close on Nov... by ethanbezz on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:09PM (#50449660)

> I don't remember the last time I found anything useful on there.

Ditto. I'm sure it was useful during the early years of Apple when they were a much smaller company with a much smaller community of users, but those days are long gone.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Apple Support Community will permanently close on Nov... by SXX on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:59PM (#50449904)

It was pretty useful to know when something got broken for more than just you. E.g like iPhone mirroring being absolutely unreliable.

Obviously there never way to fix it in Apple walled garden, but at least you knew if others have same issues,

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Apple Support Community will permanently close on Nov... by monster_truck on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @02:50AM (#50450781)

They pretty religiously purged posts that were evidence of anything confirmed vulnerable, such as the many instances of malformed media files causing icloud and then the devices to do increasingly insecure things

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Apple Support Community will permanently close on Nov... by fhn on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:20AM (#50449993)

sounds like Apple is trying to get customers to perform their support duties. Same thing with Microsoft, Dell, Nvidia, etc. Saves them a ton of money not having to actually provide real support.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Apple Support Community will permanently close on Nov... by coldtea on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:10AM (#50452033)

enshitiffication.

we pay more, get less.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Apple Support Community will permanently close on Nov... by gschizas on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @04:27AM (#50451305)

Was it worse than Microsoft Answers?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Apple Support Community will permanently close on Nov... by neglesaks on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:09PM (#50460943)

Apple has been speedrunning the "Corporate Soulless Behemoth" since about the time that SJ kicked the bucket. There's no community care to be found there for years, it's only a corporate thing doing crowd control at this point.

[ Parent | on HN ]