Turn off contacts in the iOS 13 Share Sheet

there are roughly 850,000 iOS users that face this "issue" That 140 have complained here is hardly a large group.

Even if 100,00 users do not like the feature, the advocated way to bring your concerns to Apple does not change.

Once again... it is not here, in this technical support community..

Feedback for Apple goes here >>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

You will see Apple endorse this in many many "Apple Approved answers"

Not that facts matter, but I have never claimed to like it. Please read more carefully before ranting.

Also, and more importantly, I am not affected by the feature as I pay attention before I hit send to who my messages are addressed to.

Re: "there are roughly 850,000 iOS users that face this "issue"". I presume there are bunch of smart people who never updated to this bug, the other majority are never ever bothered to come to this website.

From my experience these forums are more fan boys talk that anything meaningful.

I presume there are bunch of smart people who never updated to this bug

Again with the name calling.

The number I quote are confirmed iOS users who are using iOS 13.

It is working as designed.

Your dissatisfaction does not turn it into a bug.

From my experience these forums are more fan boys talk that anything meaningful.

To suggest being calmly (and without the hyperbole, histrionics and childish name-calling) informed on how best to pursue your concerns in the desired manner by the very party you are ranting about is not meaningful tells me/us all we need to know.

Best of luck.

It's not an either/or to talk about the problem on this thread OR report it on Apple on the official feedback thread. Both serve a purpose and we should assume folks are reporting on the official Apple link as well. This thread is a great resource for the community to discuss workarounds.

What I don't get is why folks who like this feature are on this thread trolling people for asking about workarounds and/or venting about this issue. It doesn't make any sense.

William Kucharski wrote:

Use even a modicum of caution and this isn’t even an issue.

Perhaps don’t send anything that would be embarrassing if misdirected?

Change our behaviors because of Apple's choices in "features" that we don't want?

It's not an either/or to talk about the problem on this thread

Yeah it is. As per the community terms you all agreed to.

Note: submissions have been removed already in this discussion by the hosts for ignoring these terms. It is simple really.

There is nothing constructive about name calling.

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What I don't get is why folks who like this feature are on this thread trolling people for asking about workarounds and/or venting about this issue. It doesn't make any sense.

How is informing you of options trolling?

The workaround of paying attention was met with snorts of derision and anger. Other than using a 3rd party messaging app or switching to Android, it IS the ONLY known workaround.

Continuing the conversation is what doesn't make sense.

Efforts were made to help.

i was gonna let it go but have to do one more here ... this forum represents a tiny fraction of all apple users

whatever issues, problems and workarounds are discussed are very likely going to mirror the apple user community at large, so 140 replies to a thread means that a proportionate number of users ... who haven't spoken up at and don't even come near the forum ... are also likely to be bothered by the issue ... some quick math should tell us how many users are being driven nuts by this "feature"

finally i have been using these threads off and for years and always get a chuckle out of the number of users with very large collection of points and badges, who seem to delight in telling other users just exactly what apple ... won't ... do for its users and even resurrecting the name of the blessed st. jobs to swat the frustrated users down

rofl ...

lcascio wrote:

Change our behaviors because of Apple's choices in "features" that we don't want?

That's the way Apple does things and always has. Don't you remember when Mr. Jobs said that if people didn't hold the phone wrong, they wouldn't have a signal problem. Apple has always expected customers to adapt to the decisions Apple makes. Some people hate that, some people don't really mind.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

lcascio wrote:

Change our behaviors because of Apple's choices in "features" that we don't want?

That's the way Apple does things and always has. Don't you remember when Mr. Jobs said that if people didn't hold the phone wrong, they wouldn't have a signal problem. Apple has always expected customers to adapt to the decisions Apple makes. Some people hate that, some people don't really mind.

That's quite an exaggeration. If people really thought or felt that way it would be scarily cult like. Eventually Apple will put in an option to turn off their invasive "suggested contacts" for the personal link or picture you want to share with someone.

LACAllen wrote:

How is informing you of options trolling?

You have added no new information since your original post (and even that was something someone else already contributed). That piece of information is that we should add feedback to the official Apple feature request page which is a good piece of information. Anyone finding this thread can get that piece of information now but reading the thread, yet certain folks remain on this thread, apparently for no other reason than to antagonize the people on here who are looking for workarounds to this problem, which is just really strange.

he workaround of paying attention was met with snorts of derision and anger. Other than using a 3rd party messaging app or switching to Android, it IS the ONLY known workaround.

Folks have posted a few workarounds, in addition to a possible future app. We can assume that more will be posted and we have every right under current policy to have a thread about that.

lcascio wrote:

Anyone finding this thread can get that piece of information now

But, they don't. People keep posting things on the order of "Apple! Fix this!". Because people don't read entire threads. They see a thread with a subject line that describes their issue, read the original post and respond. It's very common for people to post without reading anything else. It's a problem that people like LACAllen are familiar with.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

It's not an exaggeration. Mr. Jobs really told people, on national television, if I recall, that there was nothing wrong with their phone's signal strength, they were just holding them wrong.

He was also correct. Tests at the time with other phones showed the same signal drop when held over their antennas.

steve jobs was a brilliant man and i wish he was still with us

and he designed a phone that sacrifices choice for consistency and security ... fine

i want the option to use my phone the way i choose, i am locked to iphone because of a hearing disability, soon enough android will be catching up and i will then have plenty of choices, all more affordable (though in the context of what i pay for hearing devices, cost seems a little irrelevant) than iphone

the simple truth is that this thread demonstrates that a lot of people hate this feature, saying that only a few of us in this thread are angry about it is disingenous, this forum represnts a fraction of users on all subjects but it can and should be taken as an indication of what the wider iphone user base is thinking, on all subjects

i suspect we will see a toggle in the future to the effect: "do you want to see suggested iMessage recipients in the share menu ?"

ah ... no ... i don't

Well if you don't want to use caution about which contact you tap, just don't tap any.

Also demand that third party apps put you into a compose menu when tapping a contact, just as all of Apple's do, thus requiring at least two steps to share anything.