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Regarding macOS updates: there’s “Try in an Hour”/“Try Tonight” which does the thing you describe and “Remind Me Tomorrow” which only notifies you a day later.
by bouke 5y ago
Regarding macOS updates: there’s “Try in an Hour”/“Try Tonight” which does the thing you describe and “Remind Me Tomorrow” which only notifies you a day later. Wouldn’t describe that as a dark pattern.
- bmitc 5y agoI was referring to iOS.
- TheOtherHobbes 5y agoThere's a lot to dislike about some Apple software, but it mostly works, kind of. In comparison MS are legendary for user-hostile experiences that fundamentally don't work and are time-wasting black holes of frustration and lost productivity.
- lozenge 5y agoYou can even turn off automatic updates on Apple systems. Microsoft lets you pause them for 35 days, then requires you to update before you pause them again.