Mastodawn

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@misty UGH i gave in 3 days ago after the malware started showing up in ad networks

@cancel Honestly I think it’s on Apple they waited this long. :/

@misty absolutely, but i feel stupid holding out for almost 6 months and then giving in 3 days too soon

@cancel Yeah… that’s fair. :/ I was in the verge of giving in too

@misty it's absolutely a downgrade, even 26.4. on an iphone 16 pro max the battery drains noticeably faster doing nothing at all. (this is accounting for the initial flurry of useless background activity it does after a major upgrade.)

@misty that's on top of somehow having even worse usability than flat design. it's pretty much flat design but with unreadable shaders applied to all of the UI shapes. preaching to the choir here i know

samir, an unknown quantity 3d ago

@cancel @misty Likewise, I replaced the battery in my iPhone 11 recently and “upgrading” to iOS 26 basically undid the gain.

@cancel I've heard a *lot* of performance and battery life complaints. It seems like a real mess.

@misty they also removed a bunch of battery tracking and introspection features to make it harder to visualize lol

you can no longer see breakdowns by system services, apps, etc. over time periods, there's now only hour granularity for the bars in general (and you can't see the apps) and it hides a bunch of system services.

i’m Mi 2d ago

@misty @cancel otoh within the first days all caches may be wiped so it’s commonly said to need time to “settle”. But yeah on an iPhone SE I too fell for their iOS 26 marketshare game.

JP 3d ago

@cancel @misty pls excuse
for it is late
and I am tired

what ... has you exposed you to Such Malware Networks ... in such rapid time (...to give up 3 Days Ago)?

(also, give up on ..... what?)

@froztbyte @cancel There's a set of exploits called "DarkSword”, and the exploit kit leaked so it's become a lot easier for people to exploit it. I've heard rumours that malicious ads using the exploit may have made their way into ad networks since that leaked so just visiting websites can compromise your phone, etc.