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My response to a lot of this behavior among a number of products/vendors is "stop helping me." The presumption that users are idiots and cannot be trusted with

by fallous 11y ago

My response to a lot of this behavior among a number of products/vendors is "stop helping me." The presumption that users are idiots and cannot be trusted with control over behaviors or settings is a constant source of irritation. If you insist on injecting yourself into the user's workflow because you believe you know better, then either your solution is flawed and needs this interference or your arrogance is showing and you think you know better than the user what they want. Both of these are evidence that you shouldn't be designing things.

userbinator 11y ago
or your arrogance is showing and you think you know better than the user what they want IMHO that's what Apple has mostly been about: telling users what they want. Their success shows that it may not be a bad business strategy, but it's definitely not for everyone. I definitely notice there's a culture of conformity around Apple, which is especially ironic considering some of its early ads and the slogan "Think Different" --- "Don't Think" might be a better fit for today's Apple.