iOS 26 Shows Unusually Slow Adoption Months After Release

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/08/ios-26-shows-unusually-slow-adoption/

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kaitco@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 217d

People are slow to adopt an OS update that makes their phones worse??

That’s odd, right? Downright puzzling.

AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 217d (4 replies)

Normal people, particularly old ones don’t like visual overhauls.

There are several things since the update that I think are just objectively worst like how tabs work in safari that still bother me since the update.

reddig33@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 217d

Particularly when those overhauls are a huge step backward in usability and readability.

ByteMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 216d (2 replies)

You can change the layout on safari

AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 213d (1 reply)

Surprised that Apple allows use of the old layout still be thankyou I had not noticed it buried in the settings

ByteMe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 212d

:))

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 217d

Well, it doesn’t add anything people want, and iOS 18 is still getting security fixes.

MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 217d

Had I known better, I would never have upgraded. It’s getting less buggy I admit, but still….

catalyst@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 217d

My phone may already be doomed to iOS 26, but I’ll hold onto macOS 15 as long as I possibly can.

network_switch@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 205d

I just got the update this morning. Looked kind of ugly but I can manage. When I touch the screen to see the time, that digital clock font they went with looks real ugly to me. Opened up the phone app to see a missed call and hit the button to try the new unified phone layout experience and switched straight back to the classic layout

I do not follow apple update news so this was pretty jarring