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Apple noticed low adoption / is strong arming iOS 26+
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Like there’s a conspiracy that Big Liquid Glass won’t make money unless we all upgrade. People are SO paranoid about what amounts to a questionable or sluggish UI for a group of very vocal people who are so loud that now my own mother’s confused about if she should update her phone or not. It’s madness.
When she updates, let us know how that goes for her. Accessibility went out the window with Tahoe. For no reason.
This is a non issue.
If you don’t like what a company is doing with their product, find another company that produces a product you like.
If enough people leave said company, they will look at changing things. If a few fringe users leave, the company won’t care.
You have choices.
If you don’t like what a company is doing with their product, find another company that produces a product you like.
If enough people leave said company, they will look at changing things. If a few fringe users leave, the company won’t care.
You have choices.
I think it is good that Apple still allows people to communicate on devices as old as 2013. I believe iMessage still works even on older devices. All the other major VoIP and social services (WhatsApp, Viber, Messenger, Telegram) have long dropped their support for anything older than 5s, Telegram already gives "outdated version" warning on iPhone 6 so it is only matter of time it stops working. Isn't it cool that if all you can get is an old iPhone and you still can make a video call or send iMessage?
As for the iOS26, it has been pretty bad. I hope 27 will be better and faster. I mean, 26 is slow even on flagship 17 PM🤦‍♂️
As for the iOS26, it has been pretty bad. I hope 27 will be better and faster. I mean, 26 is slow even on flagship 17 PM🤦‍♂️
They're all disposable products. Everyone should know this fact by now.
Horrific viewpoint. I like the product. I don’t like their software update policy.
So I adapted. I know I have a certain number of years of compatibility and when compatibility is not good enough anymore, I upgrade my devices.
Apple has NEVER imposed ANY limitations on a device that’s one or two major versions behind.
This would destroy very important functionality from a device that’s barely a year and a couple of months old.
Telegram works everywhere I think. Outdated version or not. Or it did at some point recently.
No, someone who bought an iPhone 16 Pro at the end of 2024 should probably just update to the latest OS.
The amount of data that would be additionally available if the people that hold out upgraded is not an argument. This is THE biggest iOS release since iOS 14 with Dark Mode, people have partially been using and testing out this version far more extensively than any other release, ever.
Apple already has the data, they just don’t act on it, that’s a big difference.
It doesn’t matter if they can’t at the moment fix the issues or if they chose to wait for a later release, but they do have all the data they could possibly need. If 1 in 15 people actively hold out on updating, that’s a far more interesting data point by itself, but they don’t lose any significant amount of data regarding iOS 26 if those people stay a version behind.
Oh and, influencers gonna influence, that’s just how it is. Doesn’t mean they aren’t right in criticizing iOS 26.
What function(s) have been destroyed on a device that is a year plus old?
Medium gray text on a light gray background was serially copied by "designers" a few years ago. Just because it was copied does not mean it was GOOD.
My iPhone 15PM performance is more than acceptable. And I disagree iOS 26 is not slow in a 17pm. I’ve seen it in action in person.
No, I have a 16 Plus on iOS 18.3.1. (Bought March 2025). If Apple forces me out, I’m done.
Done? What does done mean? You might be more successful in your endeavors to stay on the original operating system with android. Unless you are giving up personal communication devices.
ah, ok, that's what i suspected... thanks for the clarification... must have been a glitch in the site or non-refresh issue as your post is timestamped 34 minutes after my edit.
there's always been a difference in mindset when it comes to devices running software, one saying consumers own the device and the software after purchase, the other saying consumers only own the device after purchase and rent the software... gonna be a fun future... requisite tradeoffs like privacy vs convenience, convenience vs security, personal data ownership and control vs unknown and tos data harvesting, simple vs complex, and on and on, etc will only continue to increase imo...
I wish that I would have never upgraded.
User experience seems to be dumbed down and at the same time overly complicated.
Apple abandoned its slick, smooth streamlined UI and replaced it with some sort of cartoonish mess.
Keep your mom on 18.x unless you enjoy providing her tech support 24/7.
So nice to see someone who GETS IT! I think cartoonish is the best description of tahoe. (lack of capital on purpose.) It disrespects us all.
although your comment wasn't addressed to me, i would say... apple is strong-arming people into updating by bricking certain services on devices less than 2½ years old if not updated to the latest iOS... (if the theory as I understand it proves to be accurate)
at some point turns out to be (again, if the theory as I understand it proves to be accurate) less than 2½ years after it was released...
lol, where are you going to go?
As encryption continues being pushed by both Apple and Google, it’s going to be become increasingly harder to run older software reliably.
This isn’t an apple thing, it’s an industry thing.
Nope, this was literally just announced six weeks ago.
iOS Telegram Prompts Users to Update to Version 12.2.4: What's Behind the Message and What Users Should Do
iOS Telegram users worldwide are being prompted to update to version 12.2.4. Here's what's driving the update warning, whether security or privacy is affected, and what users should know.
www.cnelecar.com
Eventually, Google Messages encryption with android will have the same requirements, needing a specific version of android or newer.
...would be nice to have the choice though, yes? - at least for a reasonable period of time, say 5 years?, before apps or services don't function.
Who's device has been bricked though? That's what a lot of people don't understand about this thread. Everyone is complaining about something that isn't even an issue, and very likely won't be a year from now. I think it's way more likely that this update is being misunderstood by the masses. Why would they update iMessages to work for something running iOS 12, but shoot the kneecaps off a newer iPhone a couple of years after it releases?