Bank tells customers to disable updates and not upgrade to iOS 16

Post by nindalf » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 2:20 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #68

gregoriol wrote: post #50

While it's not clear what the exact problem is in this case, the Triumph motorcycle company seems also to have issued a message about not updating iOS because of a bluetooth connectivity issue with it ( https://superbike-news.co.uk/triumph-motorcycles-ios16-updat... ). It is annoying that Apple breaks existing apps. System updates should keep existing apps working as they are, and only impose changes to those that ar…

> Apple breaks existing apps. They have a pretty long beta program (source: Apple dev., since 1986). If your app doesn't work with the upcoming release, it's not Apple's fault. Some companies will refuse to start testing, until the OS is officially released. That's a corporate process problem, and not Apple's. I'm not an Apple apologist, though I am often accused of being so (because I develop Apple apps, that is eno…

Post by ben_w » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 2:20 PM UTC

anothernewdude wrote: post #41

thr0wawayf00 wrote: post #10

This is one of the most exclusive banks in the world, counting the British Royal Family among their notable clients, and they can't even be bothered to keep their mobile app up to date. Pretty much sums up what rich people think about technology: make it sexy and powerful but I don't want to hear about ongoing maintenance costs. According to Wikipedia, new clients needed £500k in disposable funds to set up an account…

> they can't even be bothered to keep their mobile app up to date. In the face of Apple's app store bullshit, I completely understand. Apple regularly shit the bed in getting apps updated. Frankly the wheels have come off their 'premium' branding a while back.

Post by scarface74 » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 2:23 PM UTC

jl6 wrote: post #60

What I find really amazing is that we have here an incredibly elite service that the vast majority of people will never be able to afford, and yet its elite clients are dependent on essentially the same mobile devices that everyone else is. You can spend ~$2k on a phone, and it will be the best phone you can buy. There's no $20k phone that will be any better. It's like flying in first class and then having to queue u…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 2:24 PM UTC

InCityDreams wrote: post #65

tdubhro1 wrote: post #34

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All the staff you interact with have been to the same handful of British public schools (ie private fee schools) so you never have to talk to someone who is ignorant of precisely your standing in the British class system and they will all speak with comforting RP, follow the cricket, and drop an occasional Latin phrase into the conversation. Banking service is basically as shite as all the rest. [source: I ran a comp…

"RP" explained for oiks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Think William Reece-Mogg, not Dick van Dyke.

Post by hiq » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 2:25 PM UTC

thro388 wrote: post #52

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #33

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> they can't even be bothered to keep their mobile app up to date Guessing their clients aren’t banking via mobile apps, their staff having lines to their banker. Most top-tier private banks barely have an online presence. If you want something, you (or your assistant) calls or texts your banker.

This is so true. Try to bank in Switzerland, it is so 1980ties...