OK, so Apple isn't big on responding to feedback:
Nickkk's numbers eclipse mine: I'm 0/10 on responses/acknowledgments/signs of life over the past couple of years. And you know what...
That's OK. They're telling us they're too big for that. OK.
Accepting this fact, how can Apple avoid hurting their fanboys' little feelings, like through better transparency setting expectations? Could we get some recognition, some social features, automated acknowledgments, a "thanks, archiving" email after 18mo w/o response for a sense of closure... anything?
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Will I do free labor if it fixes annoying bugs in products I use myself, yes.
Will I continue shouting into the void, well even I've gotta put my foot down somewhere.
PS: to open the feedback tool, launch this URL (e.g. via Open URL in Shortcuts):
applefeedback://
Most often you’re not the only person noticing a problem. If all the feedback they get from the various different users isn’t enough, they’ll ask for details. But they might not ask you, but one of the 999 other people with that error. So, getting an actual reply from them is like winning the lottery.
However, there’s always a status displayed which might change to “Fix implemented in future iOS version” (or something alike). You can read this as “thanks, archiving”.
Fun fact: If you notice a bug being fixed in an update, you can close the feedback items yourself. And you can even add something nice like “thanks for fixing” before closing it.