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I would and do highly recommend to my friends and family to stay away from Apple. Computers are meant to be interoperable and not locked into a single monopol

I would and do highly recommend to my friends and family to stay away from Apple. Computers are meant to be interoperable and not locked into a single monopolistic system which then had the power to make your life awful. The attention to detail is also overstated when Apple cannot get basic things right. I have an iPhone for testing stuff and recently a numbered badge appeared on one of those built-in music related apps. It wasn't obvious what the number referred to, and to find out, I had to dig deep on the web on some user forums. The reason turned out to be that Apple pushed some kind of updates (e.g. new sound effects or something like that), which are hidden somewhere 10 menus deep. To dismiss the number badges, you had to go and open each of the effects from about a hundred of them, because there is no indicator which ones are new. There is apparently no other way to dismiss the number badge. A few days ago another badge appeared on a different app. When I open the app, it has no content inside and no menus. So now I have a little 1 there that simply cannot be dismissed as far as I can tell. This noise makes all of the badges useless. If this is not bad design, I don't know what is. Apple, not even once.

9935c101ab17a66 5y ago
> The attention to detail is also overstated when Apple cannot get basic things right. I have an iPhone for testing stuff and recently a numbered badge appeared on one of those built-in music related apps. It wasn't obvious what the number referred to, and to find out, I had to dig deep on the web on some user forums. The reason turned out to be that Apple pushed some kind of updates (e.g. new sound effects or something like that), which are hidden somewhere 10 menus deep. To dismiss the number badges, you had to go and open each of the effects from about a hundred of them, because there is no indicator which ones are new. There is apparently no other way to dismiss the number badge. I'm actually really curious what this was. I'm not saying I don't believe you, but I'm incredibly familiar with apple devices and I can't think of anything that matches what you've described. I also wanted to share a tip with you — you can turn off app badges in Settings -> Notifications -> Some App. With iOS 15, you can also create a 'focus mode' where app badges are disabled, and just have it scheduled to be on all the time. If this sounds appealing, let me know and I'll walk you through it.
- feanaro 5y ago
  > I'm actually really curious what this was. It was something in GarageBand. I went to check after I wrote that because I was bothered that I didn't name the application. > I also wanted to share a tip with you — you can turn off app badges in Settings -> Notifications -> Some App. That's a cool tip, thanks. Even though my iPhone remains on the desk serving only as a test device, my OCD will probably find this useful at some point if I ever encounter a similar issue. > With iOS 15, you can also create a 'focus mode' where app badges are disabled, and just have it scheduled to be on all the time. If this sounds appealing, let me know and I'll walk you through it. It does, though as I said I don't envision myself using an iPhone as an actual phone. In general, I'd love seeing more devices/software having a dedicated focus mode though.
stocknoob 5y ago
Yeah, I love recommending Wild West, open ecosystems to nontechnical friends and family. https://www.google.com/amp/s/fossbytes.com/fake-whatsapp-play-store-android/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/fossbytes.com/fake-whatsapp-pla... In case you didn’t have enough fun cleaning up spyware-infested PCs, you have phones, too!

9935c101ab17a66 5y ago

> The attention to detail is also overstated when Apple cannot get basic things right. I have an iPhone for testing stuff and recently a numbered badge appeared on one of those built-in music related apps. It wasn't obvious what the number referred to, and to find out, I had to dig deep on the web on some user forums. The reason turned out to be that Apple pushed some kind of updates (e.g. new sound effects or something like that), which are hidden somewhere 10 menus deep. To dismiss the number badges, you had to go and open each of the effects from about a hundred of them, because there is no indicator which ones are new. There is apparently no other way to dismiss the number badge. I'm actually really curious what this was. I'm not saying I don't believe you, but I'm incredibly familiar with apple devices and I can't think of anything that matches what you've described. I also wanted to share a tip with you — you can turn off app badges in Settings -> Notifications -> Some App. With iOS 15, you can also create a 'focus mode' where app badges are disabled, and just have it scheduled to be on all the time. If this sounds appealing, let me know and I'll walk you through it.

feanaro 5y ago
> I'm actually really curious what this was. It was something in GarageBand. I went to check after I wrote that because I was bothered that I didn't name the application. > I also wanted to share a tip with you — you can turn off app badges in Settings -> Notifications -> Some App. That's a cool tip, thanks. Even though my iPhone remains on the desk serving only as a test device, my OCD will probably find this useful at some point if I ever encounter a similar issue. > With iOS 15, you can also create a 'focus mode' where app badges are disabled, and just have it scheduled to be on all the time. If this sounds appealing, let me know and I'll walk you through it. It does, though as I said I don't envision myself using an iPhone as an actual phone. In general, I'd love seeing more devices/software having a dedicated focus mode though.

stocknoob 5y ago

Yeah, I love recommending Wild West, open ecosystems to nontechnical friends and family. https://www.google.com/amp/s/fossbytes.com/fake-whatsapp-play-store-android/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/fossbytes.com/fake-whatsapp-pla... In case you didn’t have enough fun cleaning up spyware-infested PCs, you have phones, too!