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Even more annoying is the way iOS, iPadOS and macOS turn on Bluetooth and WiFi after every single system update even if I turned them off.

There are hacks with Shortcuts to properly toggle them on and off. But why do I need such hacks in the first place?

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Why are you turning it off? It's probably a superstition and not a real reason.

Simply conserving battery life?

And according to the article iPhone users that thought their Bluetooth was turned off were vulnerable to attacks; that's not a superstition.

Turning off WiFi makes your battery life worse, because you'll forget to turn it back on.

Even if you're not joined to anything, it doesn't matter. The cellular antenna is the only one that uses any significant power.

> Turning off WiFi makes your battery life worse, because you'll forget to turn it back on

What? (I'm not OP)

Turning off Wi-Fi makes your battery life worse [because the cellular radio uses significantly more energy and you'll forget to turn it back on when you're around Wi-Fi again].

I don't use WiFi and Bluetooth frequently. I use mobile data on iOS and wired connection with macOS. Probably I'm too old now and this way of connecting devices is now a niche :)

The battery will last months if it's turned off "all the way". I think needing many months, away from a charger, is a very very niche use case.

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