Post #3124680

2026-03-27 10:55 UTC

As an IT pro, I use my phone for work. Apple have damaged the utility of my phone for my job without even attempting to warn me beforehand. Until this is fixed my choice is : a) my phone is now a toy and not to be used for Serious Work or b) I risk my personal data by rolling back to 26.3 or c) I fork out a grand and several weeks of effort to remove my data from Apple's ecosystem. None of those are exactly great choices, are they? (7/7)

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@Nikkileah@mendeddrum.org 2026-03-27 11:05

@gmh@mastodon.social class action lawsuit for many failures and bricking important functionality?

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@AbramKedge@beige.party 2026-03-27 12:21

@gmh@mastodon.social I suspect this is intentional pain. They want to motivate their users to oppose the age verification requirement itself. I don't disagree with that goal, however I'm very happy to have de-Appled myself a decade ago.

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@not_a_label@toot.lgbt 2026-03-27 12:43

@gmh@mastodon.social this was the final straw for me, after they also prohibited encrypted iCloud storage (Advanced Data Protection). I figured it would be worse than advertised because this isn't my first rodeo and I'm cynical AF these days so have turned automatic updates off for the first time ever in the hope I can stay on 26.3 long enough to sort an alternative out. I've order a refurbished Pixel 8 and will be spending the weekend setting up GrapheneOS... This timeline sucks!! 😔🤬

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@lunareclipse@snug.moe 2026-03-27 12:49

@gmh@mastodon.social I wonder if they deliberately made it suck so that people get mad at the government and pressure politicians to roll this back

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