Post #1293055

2026-04-05 06:09 UTC

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

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@jk@mastodon.social 2026-04-05 06:12

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

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@kosama@socel.net 2026-04-05 07:45

@jk you might be able to sideload older versions. But if you’re in the US the limit is 3 (or 2 if you use AltStore. Unless you’re jailbroken. I remember when I updated discord and it lost the native iOS share functions, I was devastated. Couldn’t share photos without actually opening the app now. As for Mastodon, if you ever used Twitterific in the past, Feditext is really good. It’s a continuation of MetaText. It’s current in beta via testflight.

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@medienschiff@norden.social 2026-04-05 10:10

@jk in a world of my dreams, there should always be two update versions, to choose freely: - Security patch only - Changes in Frontend and behavior. (With explanation of details.) Imagine the tons of workingtime worldwide, people will not loose with "searching where they hide my favorite function this time" or "in which hook of the monitor is the logout now placed" alone. And just getting used to it in the workflow after some month, it will change again ... and yes, mostly worse.

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@aloe@app.wafrn.net 2026-04-05 18:36

@jk@mastodon.social i just run an iphone 6s so i cap out at old versions of everything lol. did u know they did a darksword patch for ios 15

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