Android devices, outside of the Nexus family, get updates when and if the manufacturer feels like providing them. if your non-Nexus Android device is over a year old, don't count in updates.
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Apple No Longer Signing iOS 8.4.1 and iOS 9
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Some would say that many of those on Android don't really have to worry about this kind of thing as their devices just don't really end up getting updates fairly quickly after they are released. That aside, every platform has its ups and downs, this is one of the ones for iOS that has been there from essentially the beginning.
Yes, and it's usually the same people wasting their time complaining instead of thinking that maybe, just maybe, the problem would disappear if they changed the way they use their devices.Every year, the same thing is said bout every iteration of iOS.
It's easier to place the blame on another instead of taking responsibility for one's actions.
Yes, that's generally what that means, short of some "jailbreak"-like methods that might allow for something like that in some cases with certain (usually older) devices.
Thanks C DM. I will upgrade my iPhone 5s (GSM) to iOS v9.0.2. I just hope that my iPhone doesn't slow down.
Some of us bring this issue up with every update. Apple doesn't care if you (or I) switch to Android. With over 1 billion iOS devices sold, Apple has no incentive to do anything differently. It is why I have decided to keep my iOS devices at the same major version that it shipped with.
That's pretty accurate. And it is why all of my Android devices perform as well today as they did the day that I purchased them.... and for those that I rooted, they often work BETTER than new.
You do know there are over 600 positions open at Apple for software engineering in various roles, right?