mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06I am a computer engineer who has been primarily working on software in the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries for many years. Developer of the retired open-source terminal “MacTerm”. My most recent project is the video game “Celtreos”.
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Has anyone seen iPhones randomly unlock in their pocket (the very thing Jobs boasted about never happening in the original keynote, with the slide animation)?
It’s _so_ frustrating because I will pull it out and see it managed to mis-tap into about 5 different things, making edits in a random Note or some other damn thing.
I feel like this has been happening for several iOS versions but I can never pinpoint exactly _how_ my phone seems to unlock itself!
And really bad if Undo fails.
It’s not a given that we must shovel more money into the gaping maw of Apple’s greedy coffers. We must demand better, the premium experiences we once had, and withhold $ until that experience returns.
No, I don’t need an Apple Watch anymore; replaced with Garmin.
No, I have not replaced my M1 MacBook Pro; it is great.
No, I didn’t upgrade to Tahoe (which was shit); I held back until Golden Gate.
No, I am not getting a single Apple “subscription” for features that should be Standard.
@marioguzman@mastodon.social You make some gre… poin…s about this ridic…s UI and Apple’s tend…cy to miss these det…ls and shipp…g stuff anywa… regardl… of how sh…ty the user exper…nce now regularly is.
Maybe I’m just grumpy but I kind of hate “full refund” rules, especially for games.
There are games you can basically _fully_ play, or at least enjoy for a pretty long time, and still fall within something like a 2-week refund window. I have seen it multiple times that purchases get refunded after a very long time, more than enough time to play a game many, many times.
Maybe there needs to be an equation here…like, if you bail 30 MINUTES in, full refund; but if you bail 5 DAYS in…50% refund?