I am doing a job.
Not metaphorically. A job with tasks and troubleshooting and problem-solving and no compensation. A job you didn’t apply for and can’t quit.
And — this is the part worth sitting with — a job that used to belong to someone else. A support team. An IT department. That labor didn’t vanish. It was externalized onto you so gradually you didn’t think to call it what it was.
I’ve been meaning to comment on the earlier “Apple auto-updated my spouse to iOS 26 (grr)” thread. My sister’s iPhone 16 unexpectedly “upgraded” to iOS 26 a few weeks ago, and to say she has not had a good experience is understating things by a mile.
The quote from Godier’s article captures at least some of what my sister has been experiencing. It is very frustrating for her because while she gladly embraces tech for helping to perform important tasks, she does not want to be a “techie” at all. To her, the balance between tool use and tool maintenance/management (not to mention trust) has been lost.