Update Hell

Software is steadily becoming more dictatorial. It gives us fake choices like one does to a child to trick them into behaving, with a so called dark pattern to make the “right” decision obvious. I’m pretty sure I’ll be going back to Linux soon.

If update prompts spoke the truth:

I don’t mean to particularly pick on Apple, that’s just the template I used.

Christ on a bike, can I do anything?

We’ll harass you until you click the button, It’s our gift to you!

“For now”, you’ll comply eventually.

One Reply to “Update Hell”

  1. ‘Trimble’ — sounds like it’s from a fairytale right? Perhaps a cautionary fairytale. Sad so see good software decay like this.

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