Re: Install iOS 17.4.1 now to patch 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities

On 4/25/2024 5:30 PM, Chris wrote:

The advice is that these iOS zero-day holes that Apple didn't find are so
severe, the recommendation is for iPhone owners to update even if they were
intending to wait for iOS 17.5 before running yet another update cycle.

 
There's no reason to wait that long to install updates.

 
But a lot of people do wait, for a variety of reasons, not the least of
which is the way iPhones are updated can cause a variety of slowdowns.

 
Still not a reason to wait.

I'm not disagreeing with you that people should not wait.
But they do wait.

You have to ask yourself WHY those people wait.
Why do YOU think they wait?

The slowdown - if it even exists - is
temporary. I can understand waiting a day or two to see any real-world
issues shakes out, but not over a month.

The iPhone update slowdown doesn't always exist but it often exists.
It's even worse with iOS upgrades than with the more numerous updates.

You know this because you have experienced it.
Everyone has.

These are the 2 0-day holes that Google found that Apple missed in testing.

 
Which is why all updates should be installed. Doesn't matter which OS.

 
One smartphone OS does "seamless updates" where the user isn't even aware
that updates are happening due to A/B partitions.

 
Which causes its own problems.

The way iOS updates is different from how every other platform updates.

Specifically, Android updates monthly over the Internet where the only
people who even notice that the OS has been updated are those who delve
into the settings to notice the security date continually increments.

Windows also updates monthly over the Internet where most people notice it
because it says what it's doing (much like iOS says what it's doing).

Android updates are monthly for years & seamless. iOS updates are not.