Currently setting up a new phone. While the OS (Android in this case) has improved what gets transferred since I last did this, it seems it comes as a surprise to many apps that moving to a new phone is a thing.
The overall experience is an embarrassing muddle of thrown-together security theatre.
Before it got weaponised, there used to be a discipline that focused on user experience and, rather than enshittifying it, actually improve it.
It would be nice to have UX make a comeback.
Kevlin Henney
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2026-08-18 08:46:01 UTC
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2026-08-18 08:46:01 UTCEvent JSON
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