Post B4yVanxjQt8X34UDJ2 by frog@frogdrool.net
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(DIR) Post #B4yVanFm4JyUqjv6n2 by jk@mastodon.social
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pretty much all apps i ever use get worse every time they update. because of this, for at least ten years, i have my phone (an iphone) set to only update apps manually. but yesterday something terrible happened. as i was scrolling down the list of “apps with pending updates” to update just one of them (there’s probably at least 70 on there, most of which i will never update) the UI lagged, and during the hitch, registered a tap on the “update all apps” button
(DIR) Post #B4yVanSBKBtpTDj184 by jk@mastodon.social
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i tried shutting down my phone as quickly as possible, but it was too late. the process had Begun. it can only be paused, never reversed. so i let all the apps update. now literally everything on my phone is 15-20% worse. i haven’t updated some of these apps in 3-4 years, and the new, latest versions? all of them slower. all of them have worse UI, redesigned, less consistent, less discoverable, even after just a couple of years. removed features too. more nagging interactions. all apps worse
(DIR) Post #B4yVangMTTF4BCMLEO by jk@mastodon.social
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even this app i’m using now, the mastodon app, is worse. it still has the weird bug from a couple of years ago where the timeline jumps around. but now images don’t open in a black void like they used to on all social media apps, instead they hover on top of the existing timeline, and dismissing them requires a slightly different kind of swipe that feels 30% less intuitive. also I swear you used to be able to tap-hold to save an image, but that doesn’t seem to work now? All Apps Worse
(DIR) Post #B4yVanxjQt8X34UDJ2 by frog@frogdrool.net
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@jk Remember when computers would do what you told them to do?
(DIR) Post #B4yVh1IGmRKE8G3YGm by Zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith
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@frog @jk Pepperidge Farm remembers.>itardsThey never knew such a time.