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This makes me think of a recent experience I can relate to. I got a new iPhone that has a feature called, and I quote, an "Always-On display." According to http

This makes me think of a recent experience I can relate to. I got a new iPhone that has a feature called, and I quote, an "Always-On display." According to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213435 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213435: Always-On display goes dark when you don't need it To save battery life, the display is completely dark when: • Your iPhone is lying face down • Your iPhone is in your pocket or bag • [...] These seem reasonable to me, at least they haven't caused any noticeable problems. But it goes on, including: • You haven't used your iPhone for a while (your iPhone learns your activity patterns and turns the display off and on accordingly, including if you set up an alarm or sleep schedule) This one's kinda infuriating. Every now and then, it's dark when I look at it, and I try to repeatedly "teach" it that I'm not asleep and it shouldn't have gone dark, or give up and try to ignore that it's not doing what I expected from it. What makes it frustrating more than anything is the feature's name: "Always-On display." If not for that, I think its actual best-effort behavior is fairly reasonable.

psunavy03 3y ago
iOS has been driving me batty ever since they decided that you don't actually want a cursor, you must want to select a whole word.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
  Now the only way to get a cursor is to tap and hold. Why this change? Was double tapping to select a word too difficult to understand for most users. It’s not like tap and hold to get a cursor to insert words/punctuation is any more intuitive.
  - mslt 3y ago
    You can hold down the space bar on the keyboard and drag to open a full-featured cursor
- mslt 3y ago
  Touch and hold space, you receive haptic feedback and you can drag the cursor at will, using the keyboard pane as a touchpad
codeTired 3y ago
That’s actually comical. I guess the words soon will have no meaning. “Hey, come to our new casino! Everyone wins always”(by winning we mean everyone has a great time so even when they lose they actually win).
- cortesoft 3y ago
  There was a car wash in my home town that had a giant sign that said in big letters “Unlimited car wash! Wash as long as you want!*” And then in fine print, “*-up to 20 minutes”
  - pasttense01 3y ago
    Of course the big examples concerning "unlimited" are the "unlimited" data plans of cell phone companies.
  - codeTired 3y ago
    I actually have unlimited car wash subscription. Well it was 12.99 but since I washed too much it went up to 19.99. Absolutely hilarious .
- masswerk 3y ago
  It's a verified fact that words have meaning. *) Disclaimer: neither "verified" nor "fact" implies by any means that somebody believes that the stated and/or expressed sentiment or observation is actually true. **) Neither "somebody" nor "nobody" imply the presence, existence, or absence of existence of a sentient being, nor does "believe" imply a cognitive process or state of mind. Neither do "observations" or "express" imply an activity by any sentient, semi-sentient, or algorithmic agency, nor is "true" an expression of judgement.
- ihuman 3y ago
  Everyone wins always (if you include the casino itself)
kr0bat 3y ago
Android's always-on display turns off most of the screen, besides a clock and set of notification icons. And the display constantly shifts to avoid burning out the screen. It looks like iOS, on the other hand, just dims your lockscreen slightly? I can see why they'd have to get smart with how often they leave the display on. It'd be distracting while you're trying to sleep and sounds like a battery killer. In a way, Apple may be using the phrase "Always-on display" more literally than you'd expect, even if it is less practical.
- immibis 3y ago
  Android has always-on when charging in the developer options.
atomicUpdate 3y ago
> your iPhone learns your activity patterns I always turn off any of these “learning” features, if possible. They are never correct. The worst part is when you do something different one day, and suddenly it thinks you’ve permanently changed your behavior. I’ll never understand where the confidence in these features comes from.

psunavy03 3y ago

iOS has been driving me batty ever since they decided that you don't actually want a cursor, you must want to select a whole word.

TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
Now the only way to get a cursor is to tap and hold. Why this change? Was double tapping to select a word too difficult to understand for most users. It’s not like tap and hold to get a cursor to insert words/punctuation is any more intuitive.
- mslt 3y ago
  You can hold down the space bar on the keyboard and drag to open a full-featured cursor
mslt 3y ago
Touch and hold space, you receive haptic feedback and you can drag the cursor at will, using the keyboard pane as a touchpad

codeTired 3y ago

That’s actually comical. I guess the words soon will have no meaning. “Hey, come to our new casino! Everyone wins always”(by winning we mean everyone has a great time so even when they lose they actually win).

cortesoft 3y ago
There was a car wash in my home town that had a giant sign that said in big letters “Unlimited car wash! Wash as long as you want!*” And then in fine print, “*-up to 20 minutes”
- pasttense01 3y ago
  Of course the big examples concerning "unlimited" are the "unlimited" data plans of cell phone companies.
- codeTired 3y ago
  I actually have unlimited car wash subscription. Well it was 12.99 but since I washed too much it went up to 19.99. Absolutely hilarious .
masswerk 3y ago
It's a verified fact that words have meaning. *) Disclaimer: neither "verified" nor "fact" implies by any means that somebody believes that the stated and/or expressed sentiment or observation is actually true. **) Neither "somebody" nor "nobody" imply the presence, existence, or absence of existence of a sentient being, nor does "believe" imply a cognitive process or state of mind. Neither do "observations" or "express" imply an activity by any sentient, semi-sentient, or algorithmic agency, nor is "true" an expression of judgement.
ihuman 3y ago
Everyone wins always (if you include the casino itself)

kr0bat 3y ago

Android's always-on display turns off most of the screen, besides a clock and set of notification icons. And the display constantly shifts to avoid burning out the screen. It looks like iOS, on the other hand, just dims your lockscreen slightly? I can see why they'd have to get smart with how often they leave the display on. It'd be distracting while you're trying to sleep and sounds like a battery killer. In a way, Apple may be using the phrase "Always-on display" more literally than you'd expect, even if it is less practical.

immibis 3y ago
Android has always-on when charging in the developer options.

atomicUpdate 3y ago

> your iPhone learns your activity patterns I always turn off any of these “learning” features, if possible. They are never correct. The worst part is when you do something different one day, and suddenly it thinks you’ve permanently changed your behavior. I’ll never understand where the confidence in these features comes from.