Hi Michelle,
Developers have no say regarding automatic app updates, this is a setting you alone control. Apple started providing the ability to automatically update apps in iOS 7 and all you have to do if you prefer to update manually is to go to Settings, iTunes and App Store and underneath the “Automatic Downloads” heading turn off updates. You also can turn off automatic downloads for music, apps and books and once again it is your decision. If you have more than one iDevice or a Mac and an iPhone, music you purchase on one device is automatically downloaded to your other device if you leave automatic downloads for music on. The same applies to apps and books. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michelle Bernstein Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 7:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Changes to Goodreads App I was not pleased to go to the Goodreads app yesterday and discover that this company automatically updated my app. One of the updates they made is quite a nuisance to my eyes. They changed the Currently Reading section of My Books from text to a visual image of the book cover with a progress bar. I was unable to figure out how to delete these currently reading titles from the app so I went to my pc and deleted both my currently reading titles and my to be read titles. Interestingly, the currently reading titles still remain on my app while they have been elimatinated on my pc. The to be read titles were eliminated in both the app and on the pc. The section called "read" consisting of books that I have completed appears to be unchanged. I did email the support team at goodreads and requested that they not automatically update all the apps and that they offer an opt out. I explained the effects of this automatic update to persons like myself with limited vision and expressed disappointment that they did not appear to be aware or interested in this segment of the reading population. If this is of concern to anyone else, you can contact Goodreads by emailing [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Michelle -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
