Yeah, they really meant “until we feel you’re ready to upgrade”.
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Apple Says Option to Stay on iOS 14 Was Always Meant to Be Temporary
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Yeah, they really meant “until we feel you’re ready to upgrade”.
Finger crossed that more bugs are not coming soon 🤞
Yea, and not utilize new HW features, sure, good plan
iOS 15 has been solid for me on my iPhone XR. There's the occasional hesitation now and then, and some apps are buggy. I frequently have to restart the CNN app because of rendering issues. I peg that on them, though. Developers need to keep their apps updated across OS versions.
Overall, though... it's a solid, reliable version of iOS. Happy with it.
Overall, though... it's a solid, reliable version of iOS. Happy with it.
Unless Apple is going to force install iOS 15 on us in the background, the ability to stay on iOS 14 is not temporary.
So Apple is going to abandon their long tradition of providing security updates to older versions of their iOS just to get people onto iOS 15 so they can force their CSAM garbage on us? Perhaps this is why iOS 15 works on older iPhones such as the 6s/6s Plus and 1st gen SE where prior iOS releases would have abandoned devices of similar age.
Apple and the media used to tout how great iOS was compared to Android because of the long support Apple provided. Gueess that's no longer the case.
This is one of the many reasons I won't upgrade my M1 iPad Pro. Not until all issues are fixed anyway...
You're mixing up the meaning of "updates". Pixel 6 will not be getting updates of *the same operating system version* for 5 years. Future Android releases will be supported on the Pixel 6, just the same way that future iOS updates are supported on current devices ... for at least 5 years.
So yes, Apple is supporting devices for many years, across many versions of iOS. Always has been this way.
But it’s also odd that they implemented the “choice” UI for effectively just 2-3 months and a single security update. I suspect they didn’t initially know how long they’d keep the option, and then they decided iOS 15 was “good enough” rather quickly, possibly because most users upgraded anyway.
Apple has trained their customers not to trust updates due to low quality releases.
Apple needs to solve the right problem: either deliver high-quality releases or stop the annual cycles.
And honestly, I think the answer is both. Just like customers screamed for years we don’t need thinner and thinner devices at cost of battery and crappy keyboards, we are clearing saying we don’t need marginal features which mostly build the Apple ecosystem at the cost of “it just works"
Someone in power at Apple needs to be reminded that the stickiest part of the ecosystem is “it just works”, not that all Apple devices can do magic things in unison.
Apple needs to solve the right problem: either deliver high-quality releases or stop the annual cycles.
And honestly, I think the answer is both. Just like customers screamed for years we don’t need thinner and thinner devices at cost of battery and crappy keyboards, we are clearing saying we don’t need marginal features which mostly build the Apple ecosystem at the cost of “it just works"
Someone in power at Apple needs to be reminded that the stickiest part of the ecosystem is “it just works”, not that all Apple devices can do magic things in unison.
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The government probably got mad about using 2 different back doors to spy on its citizens! Apple was probably forced!
Sorry, but iOS 15 cannot be solid if you're experiencing "occasional hesitation now and then"
Your post started out strong, but bringing CSAM into it... ruined it.
I agree, but it's become their marketing machine, as much as I used to deny this myself.
Not quite the same. They only provided the updates for major security holes on devices that don't support current firmware (iPhone 5s, 6/6+, iPad Air, mini 2/3, etc).
iOS 14.8.1 was available on all supported devices despite iOS 15 being available. Still, the extra 2-3 months provided is pretty short. At least 6 months to 1 year would've been better.
How do I report the iOS 15 CSAM bug and will Apple fix (i.e. remove) it?
(yes, know CSAM isn't active right now, but it will later down the road)
Older devices run slower with newer iOSs.
Also, the less devices get supported, the less the planet thanks us; and vice versa.
Last time devices were deprecated was from iOS 12 to 13 (dropped support for all iOS devices with 1GB RAM).
If Apple wanted everyone to update, they should not have made iOS 15 such security nightmare with functionality that people don't want or need. CSAM, I'm looking at you.
Easy to bash Apple on a secure approach to CSAM while other just scan your photos. I don’t care but for sure if your child was victim of abuse probably you would care about it.
iOS15 have a lot of cool features like live text.