My petty gripe: forced software updates just make everything worse | Patrick Lum
The article discusses the author's frustration with forced software updates that often make their technology worse rather than better. The author recounts an experience where a late-night update to their maps app removed the ability to control their music while navigating, an essential function for a long road trip. The article argues that we would not tolerate this kind of planned obsolescence in any other product, and that the promise of updates improving software is often not realized. Instead, the author contends that updates frequently change perfectly functional technology in ways that make it less useful. The article concludes by stating that forced software updates are the "mundane bane" of the author's existence.
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