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For me it's the hostility towards developers and users. I can't even lower the dang contrast on my iOS or MacOS devices to make them a little less dopamine indu

For me it's the hostility towards developers and users. I can't even lower the dang contrast on my iOS or MacOS devices to make them a little less dopamine inducing. Sure you can switch to B&W but then I lose usability (Is that link clicked?). The massive cut they take from creators is another pain point. These are just off the top of my head, I'm sure others can chime in.

zepto 5y ago
The dopamine inducing element is addictive apps like Facebook, not the color levels of the display. You can simply delete the apps that have that effect.
- pcdoodle 5y ago
  Tell that to my apple mail icon.
  - zepto 5y ago
    You can delete that if you don’t like it.
mijkal 5y ago
No doubt, Apple is more opinionated when it comes to UI/UX than others — for better or worse. It's a trade-off. Fwiw, Apple does provide more control over the display tucked away under Settings/System Preferences => Accessibility (lots of goodies there, actually). Not clear if you knew that and still found that too limiting, but perhaps others will have fun poking around in there. At least on the Mac, I can almost always find a third-party tool that can accomplish anything Apple didn't expose. I largely agree they need to reduce their App Store fees — it is damaging their goodwill for relatively limited benefit, but more-so it's attracting government scrutiny that will likely lead to worse outcomes for Apple and its users if they don't relent.
zimpenfish 5y ago
> I can't even lower the dang contrast on my iOS or MacOS devices Does "Reduce White Point" on iOS/iPadOS help at all? https://support.apple.com/en-by/guide/iphone/iph3e2e1fb0/ios https://support.apple.com/en-by/guide/iphone/iph3e2e1fb0/ios