I\u2019m actively considering downgrading from an Apple update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IOS 26 is pretty on my phone. It\u2019s also pretty on my watch. But it\u2019s very annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notifications half the time don\u2019t show up on either my watch or my phone. Sometimes on one but not on the other, and sometimes on both. There\u2019s no rhyme or reason to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve checked and rechecked the settings and all the troubleshooting steps I can think of, and those suggested by Apple. Even turning off the \u201cNew\u201d features doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How they could fuck up something that worked so well, is beyond me. I mean phone calls, and messages from known contacts not ringing? REALLY? That\u2019s kind of basic stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thing is, it\u2019s not any glaring \u201cThis is IT<\/strong>,\u201d issue. It\u2019s death by a thousand cuts. It\u2019s little things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, when starting a workout on my watch. In IOS18 I\u2019d hit the action button on my ultra, that would take me to a list of workouts I\u2019d done in the past. It was logically sorted by most frequent. I could tap the workout I was going to do and be off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, hitting the action button takes me to the last workout I did. FULL SCREEN, No list, with a \u201cPlay\u201d button. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If I want to select something else, I\u2019ve got to roll the crown to see other selections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They added an un-necessary complication to the process. The previous way was clean, direct, and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a minor thing, but it\u2019s annoying. Then on the phone side you\u2019ve got live activities which is fine and maybe even useful. But if you open the fitness app even after you\u2019ve completed a workout and stopped it using the watch, there\u2019s a screen showing the summary of that completed workout with a green check in the upper right hand corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Okay, but what I wanted out of the fitness app was something completely different, and now I\u2019m forced to press the green checkmark to get to the underlying data screens in the fitness app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again another unnecessary step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The whole of the OS is filled with extra, unnecessary steps that make working with my phone like answering 50 questions at a damn gas pump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I just want gas! Take my money and turn on the fucking pump!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not having a battery drain issue with my phone as so many others are, Because I\u2019m not using it.<\/em><\/strong> Really, I\u2019ve noticed I\u2019m going to my computer for even the slightest bit of information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe this is just settling in stuff. Maybe I\u2019ll get used to it. But I don\u2019t need an interrogation from a device that is supposed to be my assistant, every time I interact with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe this is just the age we live in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Even researching the roll back process is annoying. I entered a search on how to roll back then found an article from Macobserver<\/em>, fine. I tapped on the link, then Macobserver<\/em> wanted age verification. WHAT?<\/strong> Then they wanted me to click on a check box the proved I was human. Then cloudflare<\/em> pops up with a \u201cVerifying\u201d dialog and I still hadn\u2019t gotten to the fucking article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why does everything have to be so complicated? I bailed on their page and made a different selection. Even then I was pounded with cookie notifications, an AI chat box to help answer my question, a Google login prompt, and some EU notification. ALL OF WHICH<\/strong> prevented me from reading a text article related to the question I asked. I couldn\u2019t even see the title of the article to verify if it was what I actually wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I bailed on that page, and went to the next listing in line. Finally! There was an article describing the process without all the bullshit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe I\u2019m just cross. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then again, maybe I\u2019m just sick of bullshit at every turn of my existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It looks like downgrading from IOS 26, while possible, has a rather high risk of fucking up my phone, and data. I\u2019ll have to reach a much higher level of annoyance before I undertake that project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s got me thinking though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m convinced that dumping the web hosting and this blog entirely, is in fact the right thing for me to do. It\u2019s become such a headache I\u2019m not interested anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Between endless demands from the EU regulators to verify the owner and contact information on every single web domain, and them telling me that they\u2019re implementing new rules to protect the delicate sensibilities of their members. I\u2019m over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gee Thanks Obama! You fucking moron! Turning over the domain registration to the EU was a fucking brilliant idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, the internet was a good idea, while it lasted\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wonder if I can still get a print version of Encyclopedia Britannica? Why yes\u2026 it\u2019s 2K on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m actively considering downgrading from an Apple update. IOS 26 is pretty on my phone. It\u2019s also pretty on my watch. But it\u2019s very annoying. Notifications half the time don\u2019t show up on either my watch or my phone. Sometimes on one but not on the other, and sometimes on both. There\u2019s no rhyme or … <\/p>\n