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Why can't you instantly turn off your iPod?

By Patrick   Follow   Thu, 27 Dec 2012, 5:11pm   304 views   6 comments
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Why does Apple make you hold down a button for 3 seconds to turn off your iPod?

Why not provide a big OFF button that instantly turns it off?

Very annoying. It would be a great service to the world if someone were to create an easily-installed software patch for iPods that fixes that.

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1. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

   1   5:25pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   You still own an iPod!

2. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 170 threads 4,188 comments Premium

   2   5:33pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike   Whip out your AK and cut it in half with a fusillade of bullets for added badness.

3. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 414 threads 4,124 comments Baltimore, MD

   3   5:35pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   It's not just the ipod that you can't turn off instantly anymore! I understand when it comes to my PC or DVR, since they have hard drives, but anything else, not so much.

4. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 414 threads 4,124 comments Baltimore, MD

   4   5:42pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says Whip out your AK and cut it in half with a fusillade of bullets for added badness. One of the things I hate about laptops is that sometimes you have to pull the battery to really turn it off.

5. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,188 threads 6,157 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA Premium

   5   9:37am Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Yes, it's like these devices all have emotional issues and cannot bear to part from you lest you leave them for some other device. Or maybe they reflect the emotional issues of their designers. I just had that exact same experience you describe with a laptop. I had to pull out the battery to really get it to turn off. It would be a great marketing advantage for some PC, phone, or music player to advertise "OFF button that really turns this fucker off, instantly!"

6. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,777 comments

   6   9:39am Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Patrick says Or maybe they reflect the emotional issues of their designers. Or their owners...