anyone else tired of forced Ios updates?

Ok , since I'm a tech nerd I went to Dr Google, and found some very explicit steps to stop this invsion of my iphone 6... And it's only been 2 weeks since the lst invasion when I updated then! But they're nagging me again ! So I managed to go to settings, general ,then followed directions ! and hey, it worked!! thak you google doc.

Turning off the updates in "iTunes & App stores" like the article on macworld and osxdaily say will just turns off the auto update, it doesn't fix the notifications.

You can block apple.com on the router, but the moment you're outside on wifi, the problem will pop up again..

so, yeah, not a solution, we're past that a long time ago.

ThomasD3 wrote:

As far as the TOS, we're discussing a problem for which we're looking for a solution. It seems like anytime someone raises a problem which is not user related or write someone else than praising how apple does "something amazing that enlightens us so much in every moment in our lives", the TOS is raised as an objection to the topic. In short, Apple can never be at fault in a discussion.. either the user is at fault, or the TOS will be presented as an objection.

Some users don’t come into these support community forum posts asking technical questions or offering their own sound advice or solutions.

Some users come here to rant whine and complain about Apple, posting negative and inflammatory commentary about Apple.

Also, some users will attack and otherwise berate other users with negative, inflammatory and unhelpful commentary who are only volunteers here, too, that are trying to help other users here with their Apple product issues.

These sorts of behaviours is what the Apple Support Community Terms of Use Agreement protects against and is duly enforced to keep these technical support communities civil and on topic.

In this context, we're looking for a solution. The fact that the tone is a bit unpleasant doesn't diminish the need for a solution.

When a user has an issue, they're looking for help. When a group of user has the same problem, the voice is louder, often angrier and usually the origin of the problem is not the users anymore but the product.

Trust me in that if we had a solution to this problem, none of us would be here talking about it.

ThomasD3 wrote:

In this context, we're looking for a solution. The fact that the tone is a bit unpleasant doesn't diminish the need for a solution.

No, but it does tend to diminish the likelihood that other users will look past the rudeness and provide help.

When a group of user has the same problem, the voice is louder, often angrier and usually the origin of the problem is not the users anymore but the product.

Mob behavior is no more excusable (probably less so in fact) than individual unpleasantness). Regardless of the cause of the problem, people asking for help here should be at least civil.

I don't see a case where anyone has been rude to anyone else. People have vented frustration at apple, but it's not a person, just a faceless legal entity which it would be ridiculous to personify.

In this thread, people have come and said their story and we're trying to come up with solutions. I don't think anyone participating here has been insulted or been the recipient of any anger. Or did I miss some posts?

When a group of user has the same problem, the voice is louder, often angrier

In my experience, anger rarely helps when discussing and resolving technical issues. Acceptance of, grudgingly or otherwise, the current reality does.

the origin of the problem is not the users anymore but the product.

IMO, not in a community like this.

The product's behaviour has been clarified and a path for change given. After that it's just ranting.

I know this is an old thread but to Philcavana’s point the forced upgrade of iOS 11is royal mess! thought it was windows with all the performance issues. Please at least wait to force upgrades until it works and has some experience!

Butternc wrote:

I know this is an old thread but to Philcavana’s point the forced upgrade of iOS 11is royal mess! thought it was windows with all the performance issues. Please at least wait to force upgrades until it works and has some experience!

Apple doesn't force you to upgrade. You're certainly free to wait to install an update until you decided you want.

You could just leave update there.

Until you actually proceed with the install, it is not installed.

You ARE NOT forced into actually installing any upgrade/update!

It does take up space on your iDevice, but it is NOT ever installed.

For future reference there is a way to temporarily remove an iOS upgrade/update so it can't ever be downloaded at all!

Go into the Settings App, General Settings panel.

In the right hand column, tap Storage and iCloud Usage.

At the top in the first block of 3 panels where it is titled at the top of this block Storage, tap the panel that says Manage Storage.

A list of every app will generate itself.

Once this list stops generating, look through this list until you see something like iOS 10.x.x in this list.

Tap on the arrow at the far right on that iOS 10.x.x panel.

It will bring you to another screen that will allowing you to completely delete/remove the entire iOS upgrade/update.

This removal/deletion of an iOS upgrade/update is not permanent and may return at anytime when the iOS upgrade/update at some point will get re-pushed to your iDevice, where you can simply perform this procedure, again, to delete the iOS upgrades/updates.

For the most part, iOS upgrades/updates typically, wii not reappear for several days up to a week to two week intervals.

We don't get forced into updates, but harassed into it by regular downloads, taking 1gb from the device, causing low memory warnings if you don't have more than 1gb free when it happens, etc.

Since benchmarks show than on older phone (like the 5s), there is a measurable slowdown with the latest iOS, that means we're been harassed into downgrading our devices. Hopefully they stop supporting them after a while and I don't get updates 😀 (since I won't buy a phone without an audio jack)

ThomasD3 wrote:

Since benchmarks show than on older phone (like the 5s), there is a measurable slowdown with the latest iOS, that means we're been harassed into downgrading our devices. Hopefully they stop supporting them after a while and I don't get updates 😀 (since I won't buy a phone without an audio jack)

What benchmarks are you referring to? This is the only one I have seen that is credible, and it shows the opposite - that updates do not slow down iPhones.

https://www.futuremark.com/pressreleases/is-it-true-that-iphones-get-slower-over -time

And this related article:

A New Phone Comes Out. Yours Slows Down. A Conspiracy? No. - The New York Times

iOS 11 on the iPhone 5S: Slower, but not quite slow | Ars Technica

This shows load times increasing between iOS 10.3 and iOS 11 on iPhone 5s.

I use my phone for phone calls and WhatsApp 95% of the time; I rarely check email on it, browse the web only when I am outside and really need to see something, almost never take photos, etc so there is no benefit for me to upgrade.

I don‘t believe in any conspiracy or anything like that; I accept that the new OS may have heavier requirements and some new features may take more cpu/memory, I don’t see that as a problem.

Since I have a 5s that will not be upgraded, I just want to be left alone 😀

I agree that the user should have the option to disable update reminders. The problem is that updates can cause the device to stop working altogether (this happened to me when I updated my iPad to iOS 11).

No one forced you to upgrade to iOS 11.

I still have one iDevice I haven’ t upgraded to iOS 11, yet!

I only get the upgrade/update red notification dot only when a new iOS 11 update is issued and I just delete the upgrade and move on.

It is always advisable, wise and prudent to due some due diligence about computer operating system upgrades/updates before just randomly and blindly upgrading/updating your iDevices to a very new and VERY MAJOR iOS upgrade you knew nothing about!

This fact was very well known and well documented in tech news circles and in the mainstream news media for the entire 6 months prior to the release of iOS 11.

iOS 11 is an all 64-bit iOS written from the ground up, similar to what iOS 7 was, any all older 32-bit iDevices and older 32-bit applications no longer will work with iOS 11.

Older iPad models are still, currently, receiving app updates, but this fact will come to an eventual end sometime in the foreseeable future.