In the time period of using Steve-era Apple products, I didn’t have as many issues

And the design seemed always fine/good

I've been closely following Apple for 20 years. I think you're selectively remembering.

Decentralized open source consciousness | Values-aligned communities | citizen of Black Rock City

iOS didn't ship with copy and paste

MobileMe launch was a disaster

iPhone 3G and iOS 4

Plenty of mistakes

Yeah I don’t remember this at all hahaha

I guess I just notice iOS software bugs a lot more often now

I've been closely following Apple for 20 years. I think you're selectively remembering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_4#Antenna