That’s the key, I guess. They’re still ‘right’ but they can keep the complaints at bay.
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That would be very confusing from a UI perspective, I can’t see Apple doing that at all. There’s no precedent for that in any other Apple Product I can think of. The closest is Swipe on the right top of the iPhone screen for Control Centre and top left for notifications. And that still confuses some people 3 or 4 years later.
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And this is exactly the way it should be, because they are in fact ‘right’. The old behaviour was accident prone and confusing for many, as they found in their research and I know from personal experience (it was the single most irritating thing about the Watch). Bringing it back as an option for the people who care enough about it to complain is a sensible compromise, and precisely the sort of thing you’d expect a responsible and responsive developer to do, not something they should be criticised for.
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oh, wait - the swipe-to-change-watch-faces is now an option! This is the way.
Options, always good.
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Yes, “this is the way.”
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No-one’s criticising them. It’s more surprise than anything else.
yep, someone shared it about 15 posts ago 
Yeah well TLDR, my fault
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You’re not the first to do that, and won’t be the last.
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Sorry, I don’t think I follow. This is the way watchOS 9 (and all previous watchOS versions since Control Center appeared) used to work, save for the crown gesture for bringing up widgets, new in watchOS 10. All I’m saying is — instead of two UI methods of bringing up widgets, cut that to one (via the crown) and revert to swiping up for Control Center (which is how it used to work) and the side button for the Dock (which is how it used to work).
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What you said about “the many”!
Just spent time visiting an old friend, and so many things about how I use my watch got a “why would I do that?” from her. Switching watch faces was one of them. I showed her how, but she said “I don’t think I’d ever do that.” She uses the watch as a fitness tracker and a way of setting timers, and that’s about it.
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I’m so glad this is back with 10.2 released today .
It makes no sense to put it under Clock in settings though. Under Gestures makes sense, even under Display has some semblance of linkage. Under Clock?.??.???
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The one feature common to every watch face is a clock. There you go. A reason. 
I’ll be leaving the swiping feature as it is. I was always accidentally changing faces is version 9 and earlier, so actually like what 10.0 did.
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I never accidentally changed my watch face by swiping, maybe I am just lucky. The joy and delight I experienced today of being able to swipe to change watch faces without the dreaded push and hold has been amazing! So happy to have the feature back. And to you @tomalmy , I am happy that Apple made it a choice so that we are both winners. You will never need to worry about accidental swapping and I can swap faces till the cows come home. 
Good for everyone!
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Same here. I absolutely love the new way of doing things. But I’m also glad the option is back for those who want it.
I also found accidental watch face changes happening under the old way, so I’ll be leaving mine how it is!
TidBITS has posted a worthwhile piece on the watchOS changes. It’s written by a former Apple employee. If you hate the new interface, I don’t think this will change your mind. But he does provide some reasonable explanations for what likely prompted the changes.
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