Fuck, no, Apple. I was forced to update to iOS 26 due to lack of security updates for 18 on devices that can run 26 (i.e., due to extortion) but you’re not infecting my Mac with Liquid Ass.

Notice the dark pattern of pestering you in hopes you will accidentally hit the “Restart” button even though you’ve specifically turned off auto updates. Microsoft-level disrespect for consent here.

(Not surprising from a company that gives golden awards to fascists.)

#Apple #LiquidAss #darkPatterns #macOS26 #iOS26

Fuck, no, Apple. I was forced to update to iOS 26 due to lack of security updates for 18 on devices that can run 26 (i.e., due to extortion) but you’re not infecting my Mac with Liquid Ass.

Notice the dark pattern of pestering you in hopes you will accidentally hit the “Restart” button even though you’ve specifically turned off auto updates. Microsoft-level disrespect for consent here.

(Not surprising from a company that gives golden awards to fascists.)

#Apple #LiquidAss #darkPatterns #macOS26 #iOS26

@rileytestut If only those buttons and text at the bottom of the screen were actually legible. #liquidass

Warning: kissing fascist ass may result in liquid glass.

So my phone tricked me into updating to iOS 26 (nice one, asshats). And wow: it really is a case study in form over function. Gratuitous, meaningless aesthetics and motion. Decoration, not design. “Look what I can do!”

Oh well, if it gets me using my phone less, that’s a good thing, I guess.

But the next time you hear someone from Apple talking about design, please feel free to laugh in their damn faces. What a sad joke they’ve become.

#apple #ios26 #liquidAss #design #decoration #BigTech #fascism #aesthetics

“Apple is only continuing to patch iOS 18 on devices that can’t run iOS 26.”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/are-people-avoiding-ios-26-because-of-liquid-glass-its-complicated/

Wow. So not only has Apple lost any design culture it had, it also doesn’t give a shit about your security either any longer. This is the mother of all dark patterns right here.

Anyone know if this is the same for macOS?

Via @RosaCtrl

#apple #iOS26 #iOS18 #iOS #securityUpdates #macOS #liquidAss #darkPatterns

“Apple is only continuing to patch iOS 18 on devices that can’t run iOS 26.”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/are-people-avoiding-ios-26-because-of-liquid-glass-its-complicated/

Wow. So not only has Apple lost any design culture it had, it also doesn’t give a shit about your security either any longer. This is the mother of all dark patterns right here.

Anyone know if this is the same for macOS?

Via @RosaCtrl

#apple #iOS26 #iOS18 #iOS #securityUpdates #macOS #liquidAss #darkPatterns

I’ve turned off automatic updates on my Mac to ensure I don’t run into the same bullshit with the automatic iOS 26 update on the phone and I suggest you do the same.

Keep the security updates toggle on, though.

First time I’ve had to take such action in about two decades of owning a Mac.

🤷‍♂️

#apple #macOS #tahoe #liquidAss #trainWreck

This is me, unable to send the previous post on @MonaApp on iOS 26 because the keyboard is covering the send button.

(The workaround, as I’ll soon be employing for this post also, is to go to close the post, tap outside it to close the pop-up confirmation dialogue, and then use the send button, which becomes accessible again.)

🤦‍♂️

#ios26 #LiquidAss

Warning: kissing fascist ass may result in liquid glass.

So my phone tricked me into updating to iOS 26 (nice one, asshats). And wow: it really is a case study in form over function. Gratuitous, meaningless aesthetics and motion. Decoration, not design. “Look what I can do!”

Oh well, if it gets me using my phone less, that’s a good thing, I guess.

But the next time you hear someone from Apple talking about design, please feel free to laugh in their damn faces. What a sad joke they’ve become.

#apple #ios26 #liquidAss #design #decoration #BigTech #fascism #aesthetics

Oh, FFS. Switching tabs in #LiquidAss Safari makes the entire fucking UI change colour. I closed a tab and then undid it because I thought I'd accidentally closed the entire window. Jarring, horrible, utterly indefensible on any UI principle grounded in how humans work.

Just upgraded for #macOS 26. The UI reminds me of the period around 2002 when teenagers would create 'cool' GNOME and KDE themes with zero reference to usability. Except with more transparency. So like some of the early Compiz stuff, which was far more about 'the technology allows this' than wondering whether anyone would actually want it.

Safari windows are all totally different colours based on the background colour for the page. And they've lost the app icon in the bar (you know, the thing that's really important for Mac apps because it's the file proxy that lets you do direct manipulation?), so recognising them is hard.

It's a mess. Apple needs to seriously think about how they ever promoted people to leadership rôles the UI group when they were so clearly unqualified.

#LiquidAss

Just upgraded for #macOS 26. The UI reminds me of the period around 2002 when teenagers would create 'cool' GNOME and KDE themes with zero reference to usability. Except with more transparency. So like some of the early Compiz stuff, which was far more about 'the technology allows this' than wondering whether anyone would actually want it.

Safari windows are all totally different colours based on the background colour for the page. And they've lost the app icon in the bar (you know, the thing that's really important for Mac apps because it's the file proxy that lets you do direct manipulation?), so recognising them is hard.

It's a mess. Apple needs to seriously think about how they ever promoted people to leadership rôles the UI group when they were so clearly unqualified.

#LiquidAss

That’s confusing: Why are there two close/"x"-buttons side-by-side in the #Safari address bar?

#iOS #LiquidGlass #LiquidAss #Apple

Amazing Finder fail in macOS 26 Tahoe - in Column view, the horizontal scrollbars obscure the column resize handles when the always show scroll bars preference is set.

I hate to be one of those “I’ve been using a Mac since 1984 people” (because it me) but this is bananas unacceptable. How am I supposed to resize Finder columns? I _like_ seeing my scroll bars all the time - it's way windows should work. Grrrrr.

#tahoe #LiquidAss #BadDyeJob

Amazing Finder fail in macOS 26 Tahoe - in Column view, the horizontal scrollbars obscure the column resize handles when the always show scroll bars preference is set.

I hate to be one of those “I’ve been using a Mac since 1984 people” (because it me) but this is bananas unacceptable. How am I supposed to resize Finder columns? I _like_ seeing my scroll bars all the time - it's way windows should work. Grrrrr.

#tahoe #LiquidAss #BadDyeJob

@thomasfuchs you must be holding it wrong

#LiquidAss

How about let’s not?

#apple #liquidAss

Why can’t I search within a PDF in #iOS' #Safari? I have to download it first and then open it with this new, distracting #Preview app (https://sigmoid.social/@pixeltracker/115224504765720886)!

#Apple #LiquidGlass #LiquidAss

How about let’s not?

#apple #liquidAss