2025-01-08
Further to “Seems like new != better. I don’t want to upgrade hardware anymore“.
SoundCloud recently released an update for their iOS app where they replaced the font family and made the interface more “modern” by rounding out some components. Maybe someone liked this update but I was faced with the problem of not being able to return to the version that I personally liked more.
In general the auto-update feature is very convenient. But if I like the software and it covers all my needs do I need to change anything at all? It doesn’t seem to make much sense. Changing the familiar consumes our resources in order to get used to something new.
It’s like some unknown people come into your apartment and start rearranging furniture the way they want it. And they don’t care at all about your indignation about the refrigerator that now stands right next to your bed because someone thought that having access to products straight from the bed was a good idea. But this is a completely different topic.
That’s how I came to disable auto-updates wherever possible.
It is quite obvious that it is not beneficial for businesses when their users stay on older versions of the product. Some companies solve this problem in a radical way by saying that “you will no longer be able to use our product unless you update”, combined this with the massive transition of modern business exclusively to the digital and as a result you have no other choice.
Another solution is to gently hint that it’s better for you to update because we “improved performance” or improved security. Although the last one is really the only good reason to update.
But actually feels like the versioning went the wrong way at some point.
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