They show an alert saying something like "A new version of the OS is available." [Update] [Ignore].
That's not a dark pattern. It's easy to just Ignore. I have a number of development devices using older versions of the OS and I've never had any problem avoiding updates.
> On top of that, what makes it even more egregious is that they make it impossible for me to downgrade
That's mostly the fault of the baseband.
> Apple constantly nags you to the point where, unless you're constantly looking out for it, its easy to accidentally hit the wrong button.
This is just flat-out wrong.
> Its sad that they have had to resort to tricking the user to drive their update stats.
Bullshit.
They show an alert saying something like "A new version of the OS is available." [Update] [Ignore].
That's not a dark pattern. It's easy to just Ignore. I have a number of development devices using older versions of the OS and I've never had any problem avoiding updates.
> On top of that, what makes it even more egregious is that they make it impossible for me to downgrade
That's mostly the fault of the baseband.
> Apple constantly nags you to the point where, unless you're constantly looking out for it, its easy to accidentally hit the wrong button.
This is just flat-out wrong.
> Its sad that they have had to resort to tricking the user to drive their update stats.
And this is actually fairly offensive.