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I wish the message was this clear. It would make a lot of sense.
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Apple Says Option to Stay on iOS 14 Was Always Meant to Be Temporary
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That was not the impression that Apple presented to iOS users then and now they’re trying to walk that narrative back.
No thank you.
No thank you.
This thread is referring to software version, not hardware version. With hardware version Apple is doing fine; iPhone 6s has received updates for 7 years, not 5 (iOS 9 - iOS 15) assuming iOS 15 updates stop after iOS 16 is released (but hopefully they'll continue to offer security updates for devices that can't update to iOS 16).
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Exactly. As usual, Apple’s marketing team falls short again.
I'm sure this was always Apple's intention. It seemed odd that they would allow people to stay on iOS 14 forever. That being said the way it was communicated and reported on made it sound like people could stay with iOS 14. Apple really dropped the ball on this communication.
Good for Apple: Less OSes to maintain and provide security updates.
Good for users: Apple will make older devices upgradeable for longer.
Every time apple stops allowing a new OS to be installed on an older device, they have to support that device‘s OS with security updates until they ”obsolete“ it.
If a large majority fails to upgrade, future iOS versions will remove the option to exclude updating. Apple knows better than you what’s best. MacOS will follow as well.
technically, it is always on option to stay on iOS 14, no one is forcing you to update. A badge icon telling you there is iiOS 15 is not being forced.
Yes true, but if you need to restore your device using iTunes there is no way to do a restore without updating to the latest iOS first.
blah, blah, blah. lets move on folks, nothing to see here. If you don't want to install iOS 15, don't
I am surprised that people are surprised. Did anyone really think that we would have iOS 14 and iOS 59 at the same time? At most it was going to be a year, but I didn't even expect that long. Apple goal was always csamOS.
Look at this BS coming from Apple. Please do the right thing Apple and keep 14 secure this year like you said you would from the beginning.
I’m running latest iOS 15 Public beta on 2 iPhones 6S and an iPad Air 2 and all work fine.
If my oldest of the old iOS 15 capable devices can run 15 then everybody can; I commend iOS 15 to everybody.
If my oldest of the old iOS 15 capable devices can run 15 then everybody can; I commend iOS 15 to everybody.
Stuff like this makes me wish they'd switch away from annual version releases. I have been on iOS 15 since beta, but it's annoying to have all of this weird adoption and rollout hesitancy bait. When people complain about issues during a two year adoption cycle, it's clear what needs worked on, as opposed to focusing on new half-baked releases like universal control, and ignoring the faulty foundations.
Maybe they weren’t sure if they could hit a performance or stability benchmarks by a fixed date.
I seriously don’t understand why people complain of a steeped function introduction of features during the year. It balances workload for Apple and this theoretically reduces mistakes.
Instead of looking at features coming 1/2 year late, look at them coming a 1/2 year early.
iOS 18
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The Macrumors article provides an incomplete quote of what Apple actually said. Apple said iOS "may" offer a choice between two software update versions so it was always at their discretion. Personally I'd prefer Apple continue offering iOS 14 security updates, but the "may" was always a pretty meaningless promise.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a vulnerability in 14 that for some reason can't be patched out with an update.
Only one post-iOS 15 patch was released. They could've communicated more clearly.
I'm so tapped out with the pointless hamster wheel of annual "upgrades" on iOS/iPadOS
They really should decouple the software releases from the hardware releases and slow it way down on the software side.
They really should decouple the software releases from the hardware releases and slow it way down on the software side.
One word that describes Apple lately, proven by Apple to be true on multiple accounts - Hypocrites.
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