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Especially annoying when an update comes out that is known to have issues on your device and you'd like to avoid it until the issues clear up. For instance, I d
by vanilla_nut 7y ago
Especially annoying when an update comes out that is known to have issues on your device and you'd like to avoid it until the issues clear up. For instance, I don't update my Macbook to the latest version of macOS immediately after the update comes out -- this is because I know there are likely to be bugs and I don't need to live on the bleeding edge most of the time.
Another example: venmo recently updated on my iPhone SE (very small 4" screen by modern standards). I can no longer send a payment request or pay a friend because the buttons for those options are literally displayed off screen. I can also no longer dismiss the "get the venmo card!" popup that appears a few times a day when I log in because, you guessed it, the dismiss/ok/cancel buttons are all rendered off-screen. I actually knew this was an issue prior to updating because of a friend, but auto-update pushed the new version to me before I could stop it and now I can't use venmo.
Software needs different release channels for different users. A lot of us would rather be on stable stuff than the bleeding edge. Of course, with modern alpha/beta testing techniques bugs are going to show up in most applications no matter what (looking at you, Spotify)... but it would at least help a little.