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iOS 17.4 Seemingly Brings Qi2 Wireless Charging Support to iPhone 12
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Yes. All of this is true. Apple is at fault because they offer no solution. They don’t allow downgrading, they oftentimes force some devices to be updated. If you force a one-way ticket to an obliterated version, you’re at fault.
So you either:
-Make updates run as good as original iOS versions in ALL aspects, OR:
-Allow downgrading to any version I want, anytime.
There’s no other valid solution.
Sure I exaggerated, but surely you get the point. Even at ones it is still common sense.
The original iOS versions are so ridiculously efficient that health doesn’t matter. Don’t ask me why. I don’t know. I know this goes against logic. But try it. You will be surprised.
if you're going to quote yourself, quote the whole part: "almost always include a statement about denying any wrongdoing."
your post surrounds the inclusion of the statement of no wrong doing. you seem to now want to effectively say "almost always deny any wrongdoing."
regardless, your new direction you're taking this argument makes your original response practically moot. had they fought a better case, they would have nailed Apple to admit wrongdoing without a much of a haircut to the final settlement amount. it seems to me that Apple had a good chance to win the case but the ongoing bad PR made Apple want to settle to make it all go away.
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I just gave my sister my old iPad 5, after it served for years as my dad’s iPad when I got my mini.
You either don’t understand what you’re talking about on a technical level and rely on the also technically illiterate press, or you’re purposely misunderstanding battery chemistry and degradation.
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??? iPhone 5s came out in 2013. iOS 12 came out in 2018. So you're talking about an SoC that is five years older than the OS. New versions of the OS are made to showcase the latest SoC not SoCs from five years ago. That's no different than new PC video games showcasing the latest GPUs instead of GPUs from five years ago. That's the way it works.
That said, I'm noticing you're not providing any specific information about what "significantly worse" is supposed to be. Basically, all you're doing is indulging in the fantasy that software is supposed to work exactly the same with older hardware as it does with newer hardware...which has never been a thing in computing.
New features would add bugs.
Unless of course you expect all new features to always be bug free. Now that would be nonsensical.
The fact that they may tolerate it doesn’t mean it’s good.
I know people using the iPad Mini 1 on iOS 9, doesn’t mean it’s good.
Now you’re understanding. If you can’t make iOS 12 run as good as iOS 7, allow downgrading. Otherwise, you’re forcing malware onto your devices. (You being Apple, of course).
Significantly worse: keyboard lag, dropped frames, General OS slowness, abhorrent battery life (50% worse on the iPhone SE on iOS 15 when compared to iOS 9 with a new battery, unusable when degraded).
well no, it can't be false because it's my opinion that the argument counts as another positive example.
"-Allow downgrading to any version I want, anytime."
And if those previous versions have security/privacy-related exploits that are fixed in subsequent versions, you'd still be OK with downgrading to those security/privacy flawed versions and taking personal responsibility for any adverse consequences?
It's exactly the opposite: downgrades wouldn't have the latest security updates.
Per iPhone SE, here's a video that compares all three generations battery life running iOS 15. All three phones have brand new batteries. Gen 1 (2016) runs for 5:01, Gen 2 (2020) runs for 5:26 and Gen 3 (2022) runs for 7:48.
In general, gaming apps drain the Gen 1 at a faster rate than other types of usage vs other generations. But there's surprisingly little difference ultimately between Gen 1/2 running iOS 15.
I don’t update anything already. Absolutely. Give me a disclaimer if you like. Make me sign a digital agreement. Whatever you like. But let me downgrade.
Sure, iOS 9 on the SE was almost at the level of the 6s Plus. Far worse (with normal usage, I don’t care about benchmarks). Also, batteries that aren’t at 100% suffer a lot on iOS 15.
I know. With that said, it's even more bizarre why Apple limits such feature just to iPhone 15.
I think that would be fine for people who have a tech background and could truly weigh the pro/cons of suffering future adverse security/privacy consequences.
But Apple's user base is not predominately made up of tech-savvy people. Rather, they're ordinary working people (librarians, police officers, grocery store clerks, musicians, retail store workers, real estate agents, teachers, etc, etc) who do not have the expertise to make that call.
Apple has a duty to not let inexperienced people suffer security/privacy harms as a result of reloading a flawed downgraded OS. Imagine the enormous public outcries if tens of thousands of Apple customers suffered such harm.
“Ordinary people”, like you say, wouldn’t know how to download an IPSW. Problem is already solved.
Apple just needs to sign the damn IPSW so that iTunes doesn’t error out. No other changes required.
And that is where me and you disagree.
Downgrade to an older version? Sure.
If you want to run 15.8.2 on the iPhone 13, you should absolutely be able to.
15.0? Known exploits and vulnerabilities, bugs and issues? Absolutely not.