Updating an Apple Watch Series 3 is a nightmare in 2021

[u/Retroity]

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22419569/apple-watch-series-3-software-update-reset-bad-experience

[u/manskies]

And it's a nightmare on purpose so people will upgrade

[u/[deleted] → u/manskies]

I guess it was more greed by only including 8gb. I really doubt they intentionally made the updates larger. If they wanted people to upgrade, they would just stop offering updates.