Apple Planning New Rapid Security Responses for iPhone, iPad, and Mac to Address Website Loading Issue

[LV426]

Assuming I'm still alive in 5 years' time, my M1 MacBook Pro will likely be deemed obsolete and will miss out on future OS updates. That's fair enough, macOS 19 will probably have new hardware features to concern itself with.

Do you suppose Apple will continue distributing Rapid Security Responses for older devices? Let's say someone discovers a one-line coding disaster in WebKit. Is my device going to be a candidate for landfill, or will they use the RSR update mechanism to fix small but devastating blunders, thus keeping my device safe?

 

[chrfr]

Assuming I'm still alive in 5 years' time, my M1 MacBook Pro will likely be deemed obsolete and will miss out on future OS updates. That's fair enough, macOS 19 will probably have new hardware features to concern itself with.

Do you suppose Apple will continue distributing Rapid Security Responses for older devices? Let's say someone discovers a one-line coding disaster in WebKit. Is my device going to be a candidate for landfill, or will they use the RSR update mechanism to fix small but devastating blunders, thus keeping my device safe?

You can expect that Apple will follow the model it has today: the current OS will get all security patches, the previous two will get some undetermined amount of security patches, and older versions will get nothing.

 

[LV426]

You can expect that Apple will follow the model it has today: the current OS will get all security patches, the previous two will get some undetermined amount of security patches, and older versions will get nothing.

I was hoping to expect a little more, given that they will be off the hook for distributing complete OS updates to older devices. If they put some effort into it, it would leave Android whingers with little ammunition regarding support.