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PSA: Apple will suck you into Liquid Glass (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by kingofras@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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PSA: It is important to read all the software update buttons. Even if you ignore the first big Tahoe ad (same will apply to pads and phones), and just choose to "update", the upgrade to Tahoe is checked by default and the button will read "Upgrade".

This disingenuous practice which Apple has been practicing for years now, has resulted in many non-consentual OS upgrade.

The roll back process, especially without proper backup can be next to impossible, and the Liquid Glass UI roll out is just latest in failures of a company that false advertised AI, lies in court and dines with dictators and gifts them gold.

On a conspiratorial side note, this company is now fully Fourth Reich compliant, so careful installing anything new that might open up new backdoors.

/rant

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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't understand the issue. Apple has changed their interface and that is part of an update that just released. There's no being suckered or swindled into something.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is much to criticize with Apple but this is reaching

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Liquid Glass is gimmicky, but are you contending that it’s so bad that it will necessitate rolling back the OS?

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I wasn’t up to date with update news. I updating my iPhone to iOS26 without knowing about glass.

It is such an eyesore to me that I am heavily contemplating moving back to Android. If I decide to do it, I will also be exiting the entire ecosystem system that I have. 2x iPads, watch and MacBook.

I’m shocked this theme / UX was greenlit. It is a really bad look for Apple. I wish they at least gave you an option to use something else.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I’ve been using it since launch and honestly it’s pretty decent. As usual all the noise is coming from the vocal minority. There are some new navigational habits I need to build and weird quirks I expect to get ironed out over the next month, but overall I’m having a good experience.

[–] th3dogcow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Definitely some quirks. In safari, you used to be able to long hold on the tab button, so the popup menu appears, and continue to select a menu item just by dragging your finger. Now you have to lift and tap. But this old gesture still works on the bookmarks menu. And works in other apps like reminders. There are infuriating inconsistencies tbh.

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

iOS 26 does have some nice UX improvements (I like that popups happen right by the buttons that activated them and the new camera app), but it’s undeniable that Liquid Glass has made legibility worse and more inconsistent.

And I don't think it's valid to say "oh it's a new release, they'll iron things out later". We should expect quality releases from one of the richest companies on Earth with some of the best engineers. Apple did not have to release Liquid Glass in its current state.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

They’ve been more receptive to public criticism after releases lately, so I’m optimistic that we’ll see changes.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The roll back process, especially without proper backup can be next to impossible

With as easy as backups are to do with macOS you should have at least a weekly backup, if not the one you performed before you started the update/upgrade? And unlike an iPhone/ipad when you wipe a Mac it reverts to the initial os that shipped on the device.

[–] heavyboots@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

You have to have set something up differently from me because on my machines it was a separate install from everything else down at the bottom of the updates page. And yes I did it. No major issues so far, although I wouldn’t have jumped in for a long old time if I still used Adobe products regularly.