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iOS 14 is available today

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Re: iOS 14 is available today

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Post by obelos »

knolan wrote: post #3

No sign of it here yet. I’m curious if it fixed some of the unpleasant behaviour and bugs that were never fixed in iOS 13. Things like Mail not displaying new emails properly unless your went out and back into the mailbox. The keyboard autocorrecting to random names aggressively and inserting capital letters if you dare move the cursor. All new behaviours introduced with iOS 13 that adversely affect the user experien…

The autocorrect in iOS 13 is fully worse than what was in 12 or what's available in any of the 3rd party keyboard apps that I've tried. The only reason I stick with it because of privacy issues.

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Post by rdschouw »

t0mbstone wrote: post #57

I'm not touching that update with a 10 foot pole. Not until it's been live for at least a week, and developers have had a chance to actually update their apps for it! Honestly, that's just good policy on all Apple updates lately. It seems that more and more of them have been plagued with issues and are trailed by hotfixes. I've learned to just wait a while. Other people can be the test guinea pigs!

Same. Whenever Apple announces a new major version, it’s time for me to disable auto-update on all my Apple devices.

iOS 13 was particularly bad and I waited until January. I hope they did a better job with 14.

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Post by Sangeppato »

fakedang wrote: post #103
rbritton wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Last night I did the final iOS 13 update on all of my devices. I no longer trust any iOS or OS X update at launch -- I wait several months.

I'm curious, if you don't trust iOS at launch or even several months down the line, why bother with it in the first place? Pick up an Android and join the dark side. I'm honestly baffled as to how locked-in Apple users let themselves be, even the tech-savvy ones.

Sure, on Android you don't have to worry about updates because you don't get them. (Coming from an Android user)

Re: iOS 14 is available today

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Post by jackdeansmith »

t0mbstone wrote: post #57

I'm not touching that update with a 10 foot pole. Not until it's been live for at least a week, and developers have had a chance to actually update their apps for it! Honestly, that's just good policy on all Apple updates lately. It seems that more and more of them have been plagued with issues and are trailed by hotfixes. I've learned to just wait a while. Other people can be the test guinea pigs!

From a user perspective, this release is super solid. I'm not going to be updating to Big Sur any time soon, but I'm running iOS 14 everywhere now and haven't had any trouble

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Post by geektips »

Sangeppato wrote: post #123
fakedang wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious, if you don't trust iOS at launch or even several months down the line, why bother with it in the first place? Pick up an Android and join the dark side. I'm honestly baffled as to how locked-in Apple users let themselves be, even the tech-savvy ones.

Sure, on Android you don't have to worry about updates because you don't get them. (Coming from an Android user)

It depends on the manufacturer, Android one users get security updates every month

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Post by johnknowles »

"Powerful Updates to Messages", lol. Apple hasn't put an ounce of power into messaging. It's been 10 years, and they haven't innovated at all in the message space in any meaningful way (no, Memoji is not a meaningful extension of the messaging space). It's sad to see the lack of energy to actually create powerful and useful software, rather than to doing the bare minimum to compete in the smartphone market.

Re: iOS 14 is available today

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Post by kelnos »

Sangeppato wrote: post #123
fakedang wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious, if you don't trust iOS at launch or even several months down the line, why bother with it in the first place? Pick up an Android and join the dark side. I'm honestly baffled as to how locked-in Apple users let themselves be, even the tech-savvy ones.

Sure, on Android you don't have to worry about updates because you don't get them. (Coming from an Android user)

Pick a manufacturer that gives you timely updates with a support duration you're happy with, and you're fine.

And before you complain "it's insane that I have to do that", you've already done that: just you picked Apple.

The mistake people make is in thinking of Android as some monolithic, consistent thing. It's not, and can't and won't be. Buy a Google phone, or a Samsung phone, or whatever, and stick with a manufacturer you like. At least if they start doing things you don't like, you have options in the same ecosystem. If Apple does something you don't like, you have no other options without jumping ship.

Re: iOS 14 is available today

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Post by tribeca18 »

johnknowles wrote: post #128

"Powerful Updates to Messages", lol. Apple hasn't put an ounce of power into messaging. It's been 10 years, and they haven't innovated at all in the message space in any meaningful way (no, Memoji is not a meaningful extension of the messaging space). It's sad to see the lack of energy to actually create powerful and useful software, rather than to doing the bare minimum to compete in the smartphone market.

What's something you wish existed/suggest?
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