Yes, for that reason I won’t be buying a new iPad anytime soon.
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Apple More Aggressively Pushing iOS 14 Users to Upgrade to iOS 15
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People might upgrade right away if Apple said they will ship them Apple Polishing Cloth for free.
THAT. We don't see enough comments underlining that fixing bugs isn't as easy as we might think, especially if you don't have enough beta testers.
People say that X version of iOS was buggy, but they don't really mention that last version of these releases, which gets overwhelmingly stable in general.
Of course, we all have our own exceptions on our side. We all experience very particular bugs here and there. We don't all have the same experience.
So turns out this weird “delay update” is more of a one-off than any sort of software update policy change, in response to whatever it is happening right now.
In many ways iOS 15 is vastly inferior to iOS 14. Mainly too many bugs on iOS 15 that don’t exist on 14 —- still.
While I’ll eventually install iOS 15 on my iPhone, it’s not going to happen until August. Hopefully by then they’ll have fixed most of their mistakes.
While I’ll eventually install iOS 15 on my iPhone, it’s not going to happen until August. Hopefully by then they’ll have fixed most of their mistakes.
Apple:
This is ok.
This is not ok.
Welcome to the world of nearly 2 billion iPhone devices and how differently people use them and what’s on them.
**** ends up differently for people in set ups that are different for many reasons lol.
iOS 15 does not run the same for everyone and depending on apps installed, profiles, corrupt data etc it can affect performance overall.
Strange. I wouldn’t allow iOS stop me from purchasing a new iPad. It’s not like iOS renders a new iPad totally broken.
Sounds like more people "voted with their feet" and stayed on iOS 14 than Apple expected...
Not strange at all. It means that the benefits of the new hardware would have to outweigh the drawbacks of iOS 15 for me, and I don’t expect that to happen anytime soon.
The same with me. I think the CSAM spying software is a security risk, as well as an unnecessary invasion of privacy that can be easily defeated (and please don't try to tell me that I am ignorant of what the CSAM-detecting algorithm does until you have read my many posts on the topic). If Apple says, 'hey, we made a mistake and we're committing to ending this lunacy' then I'll upgrade to iOS 15 and possibly get a new iPhone. Otherwise Apple can kiss my backside, and I have owned and used Apple products since the Lisa.
Many people would have liked to have stayed on ios 6 on their iphone 13 pro max. With modern operating systems two people can have vastly different experiences. But subjectively for me, ios 15 is better than ios 14. Apple stopping security updates for ios 14 won't push the diehards to ios 15, but to those in the know, they'll be faced with potential zero day vulnerabilities.
Same here, and a red #1 on the Settings icon won’t change my mind.
Right, because most x.0 releases aren’t still mature enough. That’s why I always avoid updating to a point zero release. But once we hit iOS 15.3 I think the system will be mature enough to start enjoying the new features.
Anyways, many people seem to have forgotten how bad iOS 11 and 13 were since the beginning. I don’t think iOS 15 has been so bad.
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All I know is that iOS 15 and iPad OS 15, installed on my 2nd Gen iPhone SE and my iPad Air 2, have slowed them both down terribly. If I could go back to iOS 14 I would.
Nah, it’s fine. iOS 11 was the worst ever for me, iOS 15 doesn’t even come close.
They're talking about iOS, not macOS. Some people say it would also be "great" for iOS to allow side-loading of apps like macOS, yet iOS doesn't allow that. So if Apple did start allowing some sort of side-loading, you could say it's "uncharacteristic" of Apple to do that because it's in reference to iOS, not macOS.
I want to update my iPad Air 2 from iPadOS 14 to 15...but am afraid of it becoming too sluggish. It has had a really good run, though. If the price of the Air 4 (2020) ever drops...I'm on it.
That was my point: that non-tech appreciates familiarity.
Someone at apple was interviewed about the incremental updates and he said that Apple purposely increments to not overwhelm users.
Yup. same. I still have my iPad Air 2, which is my oldest Apple device, and even in mint condition on iOS 14, still performs strong. Personally, I think I’m going to leave it at iOS 14 and retire it there. I just don’t see the need for the performance upgrades to iOS 15 and overall, it still does exactly what I need it to for media purposes, and light work loads.
Every new release of any software has people calling it bad, and they will stay on old versions. But yet, they keep releasing new versions and life goes on. Best to update to what works for you, because what works for you, might not work for another. But, that being said...anyone who thinks iOS15 is "hot garbage" has never used an OS that is really garbage.
It’s time for a new design philosophy. It’s getting boring now