Apple Won't Make You Upgrade to iOS 15 and Will Continue to Provide Security Updates for iOS 14

[saudor]

Would be nice if they do the same with macOS Mojave! 1+3 years of support would be nice considering windows support is pretty long

 

[audiophilosophy]

Wish they did this back it he transition from iOS 6 to iOS 7. My elderly relatives did not find iOS 7 pad thereafter to be nearly as easy or intuitive to use.

 

[dlondon]

Makes me think that they’re removing something in iOS 15 and the argument is that you can stay on iOS 14 and still get security updates?

 

[Tozovac]

Holy crap, it's been eight years now. Let it go.

Once Apple stops things like hiding frequently used tools off-screen and makes it easier to differentiate text that is info versus text that is a button, I’ll gladly let it go!

 

[adriantepes]

Finally some sweet fragmentation.

 

[deaglecat]

so I assume that they will continue to sign IOS14.(7?) for some devices…meaning it may be possible to downgrade if 15 is too slow for a user on that particular device.

I would expect that to be a hard reset though.

 

[Sarkany]

About ****ing time too. Hopefully I can stay on iOS 14 forever.

 

[Runs For Fun]

Sounds like it will be the next iOS 12.

 

[Chomp81]

I welcome the additions to iOS15; but to be honest, this one should be 14.5

 

[Babygotfont]

Holy crap, it's been eight years now. Let it go.

Hold the line bro … hold the line

 

[SDJim]

aNdRoId Is So MuCh BeTtEr

 

[Apple_Robert]

Wait...is this actual innovation?

Why not?

 

[Eso]

I'm writing this comment on iOS 9 this very moment. It's not like people HAVE to upgrade.

Yeah, after you‘ve spent 6 years carefully avoiding daily pop-ups that would automatically update overnight with one wrong tap.

 

[timborama]

I'm writing this comment on iOS 9 this very moment. It's not like people HAVE to upgrade.

Or suffer the relentless update dialogs.

 

[msp3]

Bad idea. Give the luddites an inch, and you'll need up with a billion versions of staggered releases for autistic snowflakes

 

[JosephAW]

You realize this means that they will continue to sign iOS 14 along with iOS 15.
Users will be able to download the iOS 14 IPSW file and revert to a previous iOS if iOS 15 is too slow.

 

[AdonisSMU]

This is a terrible idea. Who thought of this? Users are already used to upgrading.

 

[gotluck]

Cheers for this Apple, did not see that coming.

 

[gotluck]

Bad idea. Give the luddites an inch, and you'll need up with a billion versions of staggered releases for autistic snowflakes

They do it on macOS already eh?

 

[nevhoffman]

That’s because even apple know iOS 15 is basically iOS 14. 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

You seriously weren't paying attention if you think that.

 

[ian87w]

I’m going to guess… it’s Apple’s attempt to woe enterprises. Yearly new OS cycle is quite challenging in some businesses if they use iDevices for mission critical work. Having a new unstable OS for up to date security is a huge dilemma. This new policy should allow enterprises to remain in -1 stable version without compromising security.

Or maybe it’s a preparation when iOS 16 or 17 would drop devices with 2GB of RAM. Problem is, iPhone 7 and 8 have 2GB while their Plus versions have 3. And then there’s the 9.7” iPad Pro with just 2GB RAM as well. This policy can then comfortably support those devices (leaving 2GB RAM devices on -1 version, still supported) while moving up devices with 3GB RAM or more to newer iOS.

Wonder if it’s a fixed thing from now on, or just for iOS 15. If this is the new policy forward, aka Apple supporting version 1 and -1 on current devices, that will certainly break the long streak of 9x% of iOS devices are on the latest OS marketing.

Interesting move from Apple. Wonder what’s going on.

 

[jent]

So will this actually allow downgrading from iOS 15 to iOS 14? The wording in the article is ambiguous.

 

[dsut4392]

This is fantastic. We run some critical medical apps (e.g. Dexcom for diabetes management) that never stay up-to-date with iOS releases. It's impossible to update iOS to the latest app-supported version, because by the time the app update is released, that iOS version is already no longer being signed.

 

[dsut4392]

Holy crap, it's been eight years now. Let it go.

Eight years? Oh wait, I was thinking _System 7_ not iOS 7. I wonder if there are still mac users around feeling burned by that transition?

 

[Momof2.1107]

Going off most people reaction on here, a lot of people won’t be rocking the betas, me included, it’s like apple didn’t even bother rocking up today

I haven’t jumped on the beta wagon since the beta version of iOS 12. I like to be surprised and/or feel like my device is new in case I don’t upgrade. I’m not upgrading my 12 Pro Max, so no iOS 15 beta for me.