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I'm talking about the scandal of the iPhone 4, which didn't have a fingerprint sensor. They just made an update, and the button started to act out, randomly. Co

I'm talking about the scandal of the iPhone 4, which didn't have a fingerprint sensor. They just made an update, and the button started to act out, randomly. Community found out it was a software bug, while Apple said it was a hardware bug and recommended an update. It was only a few years ago. It was so common that you could see a lot of friends using the "AssistiveTouch" to get around it. It's crazy you already forgot that. It makes me so mad. Companies can literally get away with anything as long as they have good PR. For god sake it was on every single tech site at the time, and you already forgot that ? This is excruciating to read. I feel so hopeless.

pwinnski 9y ago
Take a deep breath, take a walk, something. I worry a bit when conjecture over a comment on HackerNews leads to feelings of hopelessness. Please, connect with a person IRL and talk with them about something good! Read the Bill & Melinda Gates letter, go see Black Panther, something! On-topic: I do remember the story you're talking about; it happened to a tiny percentage of the people the story I mentioned did, but one of those people was my daughter, about six years ago. (Time flies!) My daughter also had a cracked screen and generally did not treat her phone with the care an expensive piece of electronics merits, so I didn't think much of it, and she use the on-screen home button for a year or two. She liked it so much that even after she later upgraded, she kept using the on-screen home button! I remember people blaming a software update, but mu daughter hadn't updated. I wondered at the time whether that was a coincidence, or multiple issues that people were conflating. It's also worth noting that while you call it a "scandal" and say the community found out it was a software bug, iFixIt seemed to have a good handle on the exact flex cable that caused the problem: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/56206/Home+button+sometimes+not+working https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/56206/Home+button+someti...

pwinnski 9y ago

Take a deep breath, take a walk, something. I worry a bit when conjecture over a comment on HackerNews leads to feelings of hopelessness. Please, connect with a person IRL and talk with them about something good! Read the Bill & Melinda Gates letter, go see Black Panther, something! On-topic: I do remember the story you're talking about; it happened to a tiny percentage of the people the story I mentioned did, but one of those people was my daughter, about six years ago. (Time flies!) My daughter also had a cracked screen and generally did not treat her phone with the care an expensive piece of electronics merits, so I didn't think much of it, and she use the on-screen home button for a year or two. She liked it so much that even after she later upgraded, she kept using the on-screen home button! I remember people blaming a software update, but mu daughter hadn't updated. I wondered at the time whether that was a coincidence, or multiple issues that people were conflating. It's also worth noting that while you call it a "scandal" and say the community found out it was a software bug, iFixIt seemed to have a good handle on the exact flex cable that caused the problem: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/56206/Home+button+sometimes+not+working https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/56206/Home+button+someti...