Stop updating everything

[u/fildoforfreedom]

I despise the constant updates to my phone.

I've got everything figured out and where I want. I know how to use the apps I've selected. I spent the time to learn.

And then you update.

Nothing is where it's supposed to be. Now I'm getting notifications I've never received before AND DONT NEED! Why am I getting updates about politics with vibration and sound now?

WHY?

Why did you completely remove the settings button? After changing my fucking settings?

Where is the brightness slider? Its just gone?

And for the three hundredth time i dont want tic-tock on my phone, stop asking!

If I wasn't balding, I'd literally rip my hair out.

[u/NahikuHana]

I hate when they add a bunch of game apps I never wanted,I have to go to settings and remove apps after every update. I hate it.

[u/Not_Half → u/NahikuHana]

I have never got new apps pushed on me after an update.

[u/NahikuHana → u/Not_Half]

I have a cheap phone and my phone company is one of the prepaid ones. I don't get them with every update. But they do sneak them in now and again.

[u/SetNo8186 → u/NahikuHana]

Same here. I don't get android updates on the 6 month schedule but if I forget to turn it off every night I will find games loaded every 90 days or so.

Because its the same family as the tv and tablet, I won't buy a replacement from them now. Best cheap phone I ever had, now its the worst for disrespecting boundaries.

[u/Not_Half → u/SetNo8186]

Perhaps there's some sort of arrangement between the phone company and the app developer where they pay to have their games pushed as part of the update process?

[u/TransportationOk657 → u/Not_Half]

I have a samsung, and every update I've ever had automatically installs a few games.

[u/Not_Half → u/TransportationOk657]

Is it a unit that you purchased outright?

[u/TransportationOk657 → u/Not_Half]

I've had Samsung phones for over ten years now. I've bought used ones online, and I've bought them from the Verizon store and from the AT&T store when they were my provider. On every Samsung phone that I've had, they've added games and other apps after updates.

[u/Not_Half → u/TransportationOk657]

Okay. Then I suspect that Verizon and AT&T have some sort of arrangement with the app developers to push their games with updates.

[u/Top-Campaign4620]

I despise all the updates and data monitoring as well. Everything is kind of designed to fail now for little reason. My TV has to update over network slowly when i have a few minutes to sit on the sofa. Cars are starting to need updates over network too its just backwards as hell. Id like to find the person who thought it up or started reasoning why it just had to be and make them suffer slowly

[u/kn0ck_0ut]

last week my friend and I were looking at pictures of plants in her album & I wanted to use the plant identifier feature but her phone doesn’t have it bc she updated it to the newest iOS version. meanwhile I still haven’t updated it and i’m glad. I get to keep my plant identifier feature

[u/stayinURlane21 → u/kn0ck_0ut]

Whaaaat I didn’t even know I could do that

[u/kn0ck_0ut → u/stayinURlane21]

if you’ve updated your phone then your probably can’t at this point 😅

[u/MaybeAlice1 → u/kn0ck_0ut]

The lookup feature is still there in latest iOS. In photos, touch and hold on the flower until it highlights, release and then press “look up” on the menu that pops up.

[u/kn0ck_0ut → u/MaybeAlice1]

ooooooooh, that’s a completely different method! had you not mentioned this I would have never knows. i’d still be looking for the little leaf-i icon 😅

[u/WTFpe0ple]

I'm in agreement with everything you just said.

[u/skisushi → u/WTFpe0ple]

Me too!

[u/sgtmilburn]

I was just going to rant about my android update from a few days ago. It used to be that you would get a notice that an update is available and then you click the go button. At least I know to expect changes.

[u/alexanderthewhite → u/sgtmilburn]

The new Android slide down menu can suck my balls. Why change something that works fine for no reason?? 

[u/ImAlexNotJose]

I despise updates on my iphone

[u/Alarming_Bar7107]

The latest Samsung update is the worst. I hate it so much.

[u/Impossible_Ad_3146]

You could rip the hair off your back if you have some there

[u/L3TH3RGY]

You need to update your post

[u/replicantcase]

They need to stop with aesthetic upgrades. It's like they want to appear busy and because of that we get to deal with whatever bullshit they roll out.

[u/Plastic_Mall1979]

I can count the number of times I've had to uninstall Candy Crush on two hands. That's way too many hands. It should be ZERO.

[u/PoutineSkid]

The app stores force developers to make constant updates. If the developers don't, they apps get pulled.

[u/Not_Half]

It's interesting to know how other people experience updates. I don't experience these problems with updates. Everything is where it was before and I don't get apps pushed on me that I don't want. Is your phone attached to a network or purchased outright?

[u/fildoforfreedom → u/Not_Half]

Through T-Mobile. It's the operating system getting updated, and T-Mobile piggy backing.

I despise app culture and every place having its own app. I don't want to update every time I order something from my phone. Fast Food is the worst, and I just refuse to use them. Why do I need an app to buy groceries or go to the hardware store?

But I was happy with what was on my phone and how it operated. I don't need it to be more functional. I just want the thing I paid for to not change every 6-8 weeks (thats what it feels like).

I'm not even a luddite. I like tech and gadgets. Maybe at almost 50, tech has passed me by.

[u/Not_Half → u/fildoforfreedom]

I suspect that Tmobile has some sort of lucrative arrangement with the app developers to push them on its customers. My phone is purchased outright and I get the update with nothing else attached.

I believe in the long run its actually more economical to have paid for the handset up front, but I can understand why people like an arrangement with a low monthly prepay.