This toggle is annoying because what was once 1 press to turn on BT is now 2. It gets me every day.
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2024
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I don't want to go conspiracy theory, but in my opinion it feels like a dark pattern to increase the time people have Bluetooth on. I believe they did the same thing with success for Wi-Fi. If I recall correctly, even when you are not connected to a device, Google can estimate your location based on what Wi-Fi networks you are in proximity to and something to varying degrees might work for Bluetooth as well which is why they also roll the feature over to the Bluetooth toggle
Definitely dark patterns.
Not at all. That's what people want. Nobody turns off Bluetooth.
Mine is off at all times. This is simply false as I am somebody.
I rarely turn Bluetooth on. Maybe 2 hours in a week.
That's not what people want, that's why this post exists and it has 69 comments so far.
And the most upvoted comment agrees with me.
Who says that that kind of stuff on Lemmy of all sites?
Then why do I have non-tech people in my life complaining about these toggles within toggles?
For those that want it always on, they could do so just as easily before the update that adds a layer of obfuscation. This is not about what people want.
If you wanted that, you'd simply just leave Bluetooth toggled on and take it off your top quick toggles.