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Apple basically remote-bricked my 2yo Watch. Since December the battery drain is so bad that the Watch became useless. Lasts about 3 hours. There are several di

Apple basically remote-bricked my 2yo Watch. Since December the battery drain is so bad that the Watch became useless. Lasts about 3 hours. There are several discussion threads [1,2] where many users have the same problem, even with the latest Ultra models. Apple's leadership is so hypocritical it's disgusting. They make a cringe video [3] about environmental efforts while they waste so much energy and deteriorate so many batteries with their broken software. [1] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255347991 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255347991 [2] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255346006 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255346006 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNv9PRDIhes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNv9PRDIhes

astrange 3y ago
You can report a bug by typing applefeedback:// into Safari on the phone. (Protip.) Or contact support or email the CEO, as you like.
- whaleofatw2022 3y ago
  1: it is a watch, not a phone. 2: they linked two issues, if Apple can't report that what makes you think your protip will help?
  - zie 3y ago
    Apple's discussions website(what was linked to) is not how you get Apple's attention. Apple makes it pretty clear they don't do anything with the discussions website other than make it available for users to support each other.
    - callalex 3y ago
      Is it really “pretty clear” when people have been making the same mistake since the late 90’s/early 2000’s when the forum was launched?
      - KerrAvon 3y ago
        do you want to fix the problem or just complain about it? mail the executives directly if you want the former. The latter is what the forum is for.
      - zie 3y ago
        If you read the words Apple uses when they talk about it, yes. I can't help it that most people don't bother to read them. I'm sure Apple is fine with it though, as it lowers their support costs. Even if you didn't bother to read the words, the fact that no-one from Apple ever says anything there should make it pretty clear if one ever thought about it.
  - astrange 3y ago
    > 1: it is a watch, not a phone. And it's paired to a phone. I meant what I said. > 2: they linked two issues, if Apple can't report that what makes you think your protip will help? Man, nobody ever believes me on here when I say things I'm right about.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      [flagged]
    - gubikmic 3y ago
      I used to submit a lot of radars (now Feedback). At some point there was very little effort from their side, no responses, annoying replies wanting to get everything served on a silver platter, just no appreciation of us devs. It’s a give and take. With such attitude I’m not willing to do free QA work. As an example, I can write "notifications animation corner smoothing glitch" and honestly it's hard for me how one cannot know exactly what I mean. This bug has been introduced in iOS 16. Why would I waste my time making a screen recording etc. when something so obvious doesn't get picked up internally
      - astrange 3y ago
        Good thing I didn't tell you to do it then. I told the other guy to do it. You should report a battery life issue, as that's much more severe than a UI glitch and usually easier to fix.
      - iforgotpassword 3y ago
        > As an example, I can write "notifications animation corner smoothing glitch" and honestly it's hard for me how one cannot know exactly what I mean. No idea what you're talking about, this isn't even a grammatically correct sentence. so I can't blame Apple for not reacting to such gibberish...
      - doctorpangloss 3y ago
        There are so many glitches with that screen I’m not sure which one you’re talking about. I mean sometimes my keyboard doesn’t even show up on the login screen on iOS. The Messages one where the share tray share to iMessage and then can’t send is infuriating. And once in a blue moon desktop Messages glitches where typing on the keyboard is actually changing the text in the conversant’s most recent chat bubble. I have NEVER seen anything like it. They are in denial that their OS frameworks are a disaster, and that they should have adopted a safer, managed more productive SDK and language for iOS UI apps.
secondcoming 3y ago
return the watch?
- whatevaa 3y ago
  After 2 years? Not even European standard 2 year warranty applies anymore.
  - secondcoming 3y ago
    The physical watch is 2 years old, the software isn't. I wonder if there's a legal argument that the warranty period resets after a software update.

astrange 3y ago

You can report a bug by typing applefeedback:// into Safari on the phone. (Protip.) Or contact support or email the CEO, as you like.

whaleofatw2022 3y ago
1: it is a watch, not a phone. 2: they linked two issues, if Apple can't report that what makes you think your protip will help?
- zie 3y ago
  Apple's discussions website(what was linked to) is not how you get Apple's attention. Apple makes it pretty clear they don't do anything with the discussions website other than make it available for users to support each other.
  - callalex 3y ago
    Is it really “pretty clear” when people have been making the same mistake since the late 90’s/early 2000’s when the forum was launched?
    - KerrAvon 3y ago
      do you want to fix the problem or just complain about it? mail the executives directly if you want the former. The latter is what the forum is for.
    - zie 3y ago
      If you read the words Apple uses when they talk about it, yes. I can't help it that most people don't bother to read them. I'm sure Apple is fine with it though, as it lowers their support costs. Even if you didn't bother to read the words, the fact that no-one from Apple ever says anything there should make it pretty clear if one ever thought about it.
- astrange 3y ago
  > 1: it is a watch, not a phone. And it's paired to a phone. I meant what I said. > 2: they linked two issues, if Apple can't report that what makes you think your protip will help? Man, nobody ever believes me on here when I say things I'm right about.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    [flagged]
  - gubikmic 3y ago
    I used to submit a lot of radars (now Feedback). At some point there was very little effort from their side, no responses, annoying replies wanting to get everything served on a silver platter, just no appreciation of us devs. It’s a give and take. With such attitude I’m not willing to do free QA work. As an example, I can write "notifications animation corner smoothing glitch" and honestly it's hard for me how one cannot know exactly what I mean. This bug has been introduced in iOS 16. Why would I waste my time making a screen recording etc. when something so obvious doesn't get picked up internally
    - astrange 3y ago
      Good thing I didn't tell you to do it then. I told the other guy to do it. You should report a battery life issue, as that's much more severe than a UI glitch and usually easier to fix.
    - iforgotpassword 3y ago
      > As an example, I can write "notifications animation corner smoothing glitch" and honestly it's hard for me how one cannot know exactly what I mean. No idea what you're talking about, this isn't even a grammatically correct sentence. so I can't blame Apple for not reacting to such gibberish...
    - doctorpangloss 3y ago
      There are so many glitches with that screen I’m not sure which one you’re talking about. I mean sometimes my keyboard doesn’t even show up on the login screen on iOS. The Messages one where the share tray share to iMessage and then can’t send is infuriating. And once in a blue moon desktop Messages glitches where typing on the keyboard is actually changing the text in the conversant’s most recent chat bubble. I have NEVER seen anything like it. They are in denial that their OS frameworks are a disaster, and that they should have adopted a safer, managed more productive SDK and language for iOS UI apps.

secondcoming 3y ago

return the watch?

whatevaa 3y ago
After 2 years? Not even European standard 2 year warranty applies anymore.
- secondcoming 3y ago
  The physical watch is 2 years old, the software isn't. I wonder if there's a legal argument that the warranty period resets after a software update.