Things I DON'T want in my tech 
• Spying
• AI
• "AI"
• Lies
• The thinnest touchscreen
• The largest touchscreen
• An app that is 15 apps
• An app that does things I don't know about
• A popup asking "Now?" or "Later?" without a "Never!" option
• An update that makes it all worse
• Exploding batteries
Things I DO want in my tech 
• Privacy 🔒
• Security 🛡️
• Repairability 🛠️
• Pretty interfaces 
• Buttons 
@Em0nM4stodon Reading this inspired me to write a blog post in which I quoted your thread. https://jamesg.blog/2025/09/20/updating-user-interfaces
I greatly empathise with how jarring it is when an update changes lots of things and I no longer feel like the app is as good as it was; this is something I consciously think about when it comes to experience design.
"If I ever was to completely redesign the UI, I would want to offer everyone the ability to choose between the new and the old."
Can you tell that to Microsoft, please? They constantly de-designed the UI, version after version.
Also, all "modern" websites now look like candy, big round buttons and you have to endlessly doomscroll now to get to the actual information after the 100 "we enhance your experience" images.
Yes, i second that philosophy, thank you.
Nah, they very strongly believe in consent because every click you perform is answered with a popup "accept our EULA" "please read carefully" Before you continue..." .
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