iOS 26.2 Sparks Controversy With Subtle Design Trick Enabling Automatic Updates
With the release of iOS 26.2, Apple once again demonstrates how deeply it values platform consistency, security uniformity, and user compliance—sometimes at the expense of transparency. While the update itself brings a collection of modest refinements and behind-the-scenes improvements, it has ignited controversy for an entirely different reason. Apple has introduced a subtle interface flow that can easily result in users enabling automatic updates without realizing it. At first glance, this may appear trivial. Automatic updates have existed on iOS for years, and Apple has long encouraged users to keep them enabled. But the method Apple now uses to promote … Read more
