Interesting that Apple still uses Broadcom Wi-Fi + BT chips in most of their product range despite lots of issues with them.<p>Apple Watch nowadays is using Apple (codenamed Marconi) Wi-Fi + BT chips, hopefully they'll switch all their product lineup to those.
> 1. Packet captures don’t use the correct channel<p>I've also seen this on a 2020 Intel MacBook Air. I assumed it was a Big Sur issue but had never tried it on Catalina.<p>Sniffing from the command line did pick up the correct channel: <a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/49317/36875" rel="nofollow">https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/49317/36875</a>
So, I’m dumb about this stuff, but I have a wireless keyboard that uses a WiFi dongle to connect. I’ve lost connection with it a few times on my new m1 Mac. I had never lost connection with it in the previous 5 years.<p>Could this be related to the phenomenon the authors are describing?
Leopard = meh<p>Snow Leopard = Awesome<p>Lion = meh<p>Yosemite = ok<p>Sierra = good<p>High Sierra = Awesome<p>Mojave = meh<p>Catalina = meh<p>Big Sur = meh<p>(snow leopard and high sierra were the best IMO)<p>Mac Admin for 15 years
if wifi packet capturing is broken, then this effects web browsing too right? if most packets received are garbage, then this cuts down the bandwidth/download speed etc.?
Big Sur has been a significant drop in quality, even worse than Catalina. Some are bugs such as this one and some are just deliberately stupid design decisions like the changes to the notifications. I’m worried for the future of the Mac.
But but but but its Apple<p>Owners will casually dismiss anything negative. Post purchase Rationalization on heavily marketed products is bad for consumers.