Yes. Roughly 20 hours of everyday. For any iPhone users, if your screen breaks and the button falls off, DO NOT UPDATE YOUR PHONE UNTIL ITS FIXED. You will get something called Error 53 which means your phone is now a paper weight or a target. My 6 is now just a $#!++¥ frisbee….Yay…
Not about updates. I do however feel that way about constant inventory changes in shops. I mean, I finally find a [e.g. soap] that [e.g. doesn’t make my hands emit coconut scent all day and can be washed off without too much effort] and they have to go and replace it with something else by next week. I have in the past raided their entire supply of [e.g. cocoa] just because I didn’t know if I’ll ever be able to find it again anywhere.
I do this (buying bulk), too, when I find something I like because you know it’s going to go away.
Also, if something is inexpensive enough I’ll buy a huge amount of it. But, when I need to re-up in 5 years it’s either; gone, changed and/or the packaging is different and you can’t remember the exact details of that product (only the original packaging color scheme).
I still have 15 containers of my favorite antiperspirant. I found 40 of them marked down to a dollar a piece at a crate and dent store 2 years after Playtex discontinued it! Bastages!
Can’t say I do. I see why others think that, though I find the redesigns appealing generally. In fact I’ve got a spare computer lying around that’s been through like 7 different distros of Linux. (distros ≈ flavors) Haven’t run into the apps-are-too-old issue yet though…
Yes. Absolutely. I have an old one that is still running iOS 4 (!) for exactly this reason. Funny enough, I’ve never felt I missed anything that these so-called “updates” were meant to make better. It works just fine, and still runs the old apps that I want/need.
I don’t seem to change my desktop computer operating system often enough for this to be an issue (my work one uses Windows 7, my home one uses Windows 8 with an app that makes it act like Windows 7- I don’t intend to install Windows 10 on either and will usually only switch if I buy a new machine, in which case I’m usually re-installing and re-learning everything anyway)
However I do feel this way everytime Apple releases an update for iTunes or my iPod. Usually because they add a bunch of superfluous stuff that I’m not interested in and then hide away the functions that I am interested in, so I have to spend time figuring out how to do the exact same stuff I always used to do. The most recent example being that the music app on my iPod touch used to have 5 buttons at the bottom that let me quickly pick between displaying my music by song name, artist, album or just my playlists. The most recent update has swapped them out for 1 “my music” button, which contains all the previous functions I use (in a weird combination of menus and buttons that doesn’t make intuitive sense to me) and then 4 other buttons that lead to functions that only work if I’m online (I usually only use the iPod when I’m outside and don’t have internet so these are all useless to me, plus I’m not that interested in them anyway). It also changed how to access the song I’m currently playing which threw me for a while. I’ve now figured out everything but it’s annoying to have to relearn everything and the new layout means the list of songs displayed is now smaller so I end up spending more time scrolling the list as I am more likely to overshoot the song I’m looking for, because Apple seem to have incorrectly assumed which parts of my music I want on prominent display.
…err… Sorry for the massive rant, you just seem to have timed this comic well for me!
Oh, SO we’ll timed, Adam! My father’s going blind (he’s 93 and generally starting to fail), so he gave me his laptop. Last night, it insisted that Adobe Reader was out of date, so I let it update Reader. Now it’s telling me that there may be counterfeit software installed, since Windows isn’t passing the Microsoft Authenticity test, or whatever it claimed the failure is…
I’m going to have to get one of the childe-geeks to check it over and probably get a whole nest of buggy software out of it.
You see, that was the mistake you made right there.
You let Adobe compromise that computer instead of yanking that weed right out by the roots and use something open source and whole lot less buggy/intrusive/bloated/spyware/compromising
I’ve figured this out – Adam is a therapist – this is a therapy group – and we all are supporting one another! OR OR Adam is an evil psycho -scientist and is running subtle and ruinous experiments through “funny” comics and noting the comments, doing big data aggregation and metadata research to find what really twerks people off to to to do what? Lost the thread.
Boy, you hit a nerve with this one. Upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7 was that kind of experience. Have rolled back to Windows 7 and that’s where I intend to stay – until the “next great thing” comes along.
Not only computer updates, but the recurring experience of having all our music or movies in a format that’s suddenly obsolete or disappearing (LPs, 8-tracks, videotapes, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs….).
But the worst is all the old computer files that I can no longer read, so that large parts of my life are missing– letters, diaries, write-ups of events, short stories, and so on.
Nope. Then again, my computer is 6 years old, running on Vista. And my (even older) cell phone is anything but smart. I can send texts and calls. I don’t really need anything more than what I already have, they’re not broken, so why would I change them ? Even if sometimes, a newly released game is reaaaaaaally tempting (Witcher 3, and now, Fallout 4 come to mind), but hey, it’s only games. Not exactly life-threatening if I miss them. I’m far from having finished the ones I already own, anyway :s
I sure do agree with this one! I had Windows v8 on my laptop, and I hated it. So I upgraded to v10, which I like much better. But nothing I used on v8, or still use on my desktop v7, will work on v10. It happens like that with every new version of Windows. Haven’t noticed it on my android phone yet, but I have few apps on it.
Windows 10 didn’t break my laptop. On the other hand, it would seem like the dictionary on my Android phone would go dumb after every update as if it had been wiped out.
Dear Windows,
No I do not wish to upgrade to windows 10. Windows 7 works perfectly well. In fact I probably won’t change until windows 7 becomes officially unsupported in 20 years. But please do continue to remind me every day until then.
xxx lestes
If you know your way around Windows Update, you can silence the nag by uninstalling KB3035583, and then hiding that update so it won’t automatically install again.
I would most certainly watch a slasher film about a deranged masked killer who murders a bunch of I.T. guys in computer-themed ways in an abandoned office building. Being garroted with a power cord, having their throats slashed with sharpened USB sticks….
It could be like Friday the 13th, only with a lot more tech-themed inside jokes.
I’ll add to the ‘fortuitous timing’ comments having just replaced my 7 year old iMac with a new one. I hate learning new systems. All my old files have to get updated to the new formats and nothing works right. Aauuugh!
Yes. Roughly 20 hours of everyday. For any iPhone users, if your screen breaks and the button falls off, DO NOT UPDATE YOUR PHONE UNTIL ITS FIXED. You will get something called Error 53 which means your phone is now a paper weight or a target. My 6 is now just a $#!++¥ frisbee….Yay…
I just wish you could buy a phone that never needs updates.
Or at least ONLY updates actual bugs.
Anyone know of a smartphone that isn’t apple, android or windows?
Blackberry master race, yo.
Android with a new rom someone else made. Bam, only update if you need it manually.
Not about updates. I do however feel that way about constant inventory changes in shops. I mean, I finally find a [e.g. soap] that [e.g. doesn’t make my hands emit coconut scent all day and can be washed off without too much effort] and they have to go and replace it with something else by next week. I have in the past raided their entire supply of [e.g. cocoa] just because I didn’t know if I’ll ever be able to find it again anywhere.
I do this (buying bulk), too, when I find something I like because you know it’s going to go away.
Also, if something is inexpensive enough I’ll buy a huge amount of it. But, when I need to re-up in 5 years it’s either; gone, changed and/or the packaging is different and you can’t remember the exact details of that product (only the original packaging color scheme).
I still have 15 containers of my favorite antiperspirant. I found 40 of them marked down to a dollar a piece at a crate and dent store 2 years after Playtex discontinued it! Bastages!
Yes, I bought all 40
Nice.
Sometimes I do, man.
Can’t say I do. I see why others think that, though I find the redesigns appealing generally. In fact I’ve got a spare computer lying around that’s been through like 7 different distros of Linux. (distros ≈ flavors) Haven’t run into the apps-are-too-old issue yet though…
Yes. Absolutely. I have an old one that is still running iOS 4 (!) for exactly this reason. Funny enough, I’ve never felt I missed anything that these so-called “updates” were meant to make better. It works just fine, and still runs the old apps that I want/need.
I don’t seem to change my desktop computer operating system often enough for this to be an issue (my work one uses Windows 7, my home one uses Windows 8 with an app that makes it act like Windows 7- I don’t intend to install Windows 10 on either and will usually only switch if I buy a new machine, in which case I’m usually re-installing and re-learning everything anyway)
However I do feel this way everytime Apple releases an update for iTunes or my iPod. Usually because they add a bunch of superfluous stuff that I’m not interested in and then hide away the functions that I am interested in, so I have to spend time figuring out how to do the exact same stuff I always used to do. The most recent example being that the music app on my iPod touch used to have 5 buttons at the bottom that let me quickly pick between displaying my music by song name, artist, album or just my playlists. The most recent update has swapped them out for 1 “my music” button, which contains all the previous functions I use (in a weird combination of menus and buttons that doesn’t make intuitive sense to me) and then 4 other buttons that lead to functions that only work if I’m online (I usually only use the iPod when I’m outside and don’t have internet so these are all useless to me, plus I’m not that interested in them anyway). It also changed how to access the song I’m currently playing which threw me for a while. I’ve now figured out everything but it’s annoying to have to relearn everything and the new layout means the list of songs displayed is now smaller so I end up spending more time scrolling the list as I am more likely to overshoot the song I’m looking for, because Apple seem to have incorrectly assumed which parts of my music I want on prominent display.
…err… Sorry for the massive rant, you just seem to have timed this comic well for me!
every Android update since 4.4.2…..
Oh, SO we’ll timed, Adam! My father’s going blind (he’s 93 and generally starting to fail), so he gave me his laptop. Last night, it insisted that Adobe Reader was out of date, so I let it update Reader. Now it’s telling me that there may be counterfeit software installed, since Windows isn’t passing the Microsoft Authenticity test, or whatever it claimed the failure is…
I’m going to have to get one of the childe-geeks to check it over and probably get a whole nest of buggy software out of it.
You see, that was the mistake you made right there.
You let Adobe compromise that computer instead of yanking that weed right out by the roots and use something open source and whole lot less buggy/intrusive/bloated/spyware/compromising
Leatherface is dead!
Long live Leatherface!
I’ve figured this out – Adam is a therapist – this is a therapy group – and we all are supporting one another! OR OR Adam is an evil psycho -scientist and is running subtle and ruinous experiments through “funny” comics and noting the comments, doing big data aggregation and metadata research to find what really twerks people off to to to do what? Lost the thread.
Boy, you hit a nerve with this one. Upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7 was that kind of experience. Have rolled back to Windows 7 and that’s where I intend to stay – until the “next great thing” comes along.
this strip is VADOR (Very Accurate Depiction Of Reality). I would add something from the infamous film “sliver”. Cheers
Not only computer updates, but the recurring experience of having all our music or movies in a format that’s suddenly obsolete or disappearing (LPs, 8-tracks, videotapes, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs….).
But the worst is all the old computer files that I can no longer read, so that large parts of my life are missing– letters, diaries, write-ups of events, short stories, and so on.
Had to do an install of Win7 Pro on a friend’s Lenovo T420s last week. It went a lot like that.
Nope. Then again, my computer is 6 years old, running on Vista. And my (even older) cell phone is anything but smart. I can send texts and calls. I don’t really need anything more than what I already have, they’re not broken, so why would I change them ? Even if sometimes, a newly released game is reaaaaaaally tempting (Witcher 3, and now, Fallout 4 come to mind), but hey, it’s only games. Not exactly life-threatening if I miss them. I’m far from having finished the ones I already own, anyway :s
Which is why I never update ANYTHING except Firefox. My Minecraft is still on Beta 1.7.3.
Two words: iTunes DJ.
I sure do agree with this one! I had Windows v8 on my laptop, and I hated it. So I upgraded to v10, which I like much better. But nothing I used on v8, or still use on my desktop v7, will work on v10. It happens like that with every new version of Windows. Haven’t noticed it on my android phone yet, but I have few apps on it.
Windows 10 didn’t break my laptop. On the other hand, it would seem like the dictionary on my Android phone would go dumb after every update as if it had been wiped out.
Dear Windows,
No I do not wish to upgrade to windows 10. Windows 7 works perfectly well. In fact I probably won’t change until windows 7 becomes officially unsupported in 20 years. But please do continue to remind me every day until then.
xxx lestes
If you know your way around Windows Update, you can silence the nag by uninstalling KB3035583, and then hiding that update so it won’t automatically install again.
I would most certainly watch a slasher film about a deranged masked killer who murders a bunch of I.T. guys in computer-themed ways in an abandoned office building. Being garroted with a power cord, having their throats slashed with sharpened USB sticks….
It could be like Friday the 13th, only with a lot more tech-themed inside jokes.
“Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!”
I’ll add to the ‘fortuitous timing’ comments having just replaced my 7 year old iMac with a new one. I hate learning new systems. All my old files have to get updated to the new formats and nothing works right. Aauuugh!