I keep “Always On” turned off because I hated the fucking burn-in my Series 5 had developed. Any time I’d bring up Settings or Notifications or Control Center (anything with a dark background) I would see the shapes of my watch face still. Loading a light image would make it quite visible that “shadows” of my old watch face & compilation weren’t going anywhere.

I got my watch replaced for free under Apple Care, and I hope to keep this new Series 5 in better shape.

I like watchOS 10. A lot.

I’ve had an Apple Watch since Series 3 and watchOS 4, so I have quite a bit of experience with watchOS.

I’m already use to clicking the side button to bring up Control Center instead of swiping up.

I like how the view of the big Activity wheel snaps into place and stays when I click the crown to go back home (watchOS 9 and older always had it scroll up slightly off the screen, which always bothered me)

I no longer accidentally switch faces without meaning it. The inside of my coat sleeve is somehow conductive enough that it would register as touches/swipes, so I’d have a different watch face every few minutes. With watchOS 10 it’s like they are “locked” in place now.

I like how apps are in an organized, tall column that I can scroll through instead of a chaotic blob that required me to pan all over, trying to find things.

I like how a quick scroll of the wheel gives me a glance at some apps like weather or activity without having to open them.

Basically, I’m more than happy with watchOS 10, and I think it’s one of the best releases, ever.

And you get to think about how it all costs them close to $0.

The activation fee is like a carry-out food place asking you for a big tip. Putting devices in their system is their job. Charging YOU extra for the benefit of providing THEM with a new money-making device is just them double-dipping.

And the data the device uses is minuscule. You’re already paying for a data plan on your account, and now you’re paying for another data plan on your account. Are you really going to be downloading massive amounts of data from both devices at the same time?