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I discovered and tried to use this feature to turn an older iPhone into a dumb phone for myself, but hit several blockers 1. It’s incredibly slow to transiti
by laweijfmvo 3mo ago
I discovered and tried to use this feature to turn an older iPhone into a dumb phone for myself, but hit several blockers
1. It’s incredibly slow to transition in and out of the mode, as mentioned in the article, which made setting it up (constant tweaks) very painful
2. For messages and calls, you were limited to select contacts only. So I couldn’t just text/call a number when I needed to.
They may have polished the feature since then, but given that it’s an Accessibility feature and was never meant to receive much attention in this regard, it may always be half-baked.
- judge2020 3mo agonow that it has received attention, Apple might just throw another engineer at it :)
- matthewfcarlson 3mo agoEh I’ve filed a few bugs a few years ago and they seem to have been ignored. I tried it for a while and it crashed my phone frequently. My gut says it’s a hack, hence the performance issues.
- kspacewalk2 3mo ago#2 seems like a feature, not a bug. I certainly don't want my 11 year old texting/calling unapproved numbers, way too young for that.
- subarctic 3mo agoDefinitely a feature, but also ruins it for this person's use case
- asdff 3mo agoThe kids going to be driving a car in 3 years...
- kspacewalk2 3mo ago5 years. What's your point?
- doublebash 3mo agoI just tested #2 on iOS 27 Developer Beta, and this has been resolved. You can select “anyone” instead of specific contacts.