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

On 2024-04-26 22:11:04 +0000, paul@paulglover.net.invalid said:

In comp.mobile.ipad Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

Alan Browne wrote:

On 2024-04-25 05:37, Enrico Papaloma wrote:

On 4/24/2024 9:36 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.
 

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. Sadly iOS isn't that OS.
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-check-android-device-supports-seamless-updates/    But iOS is getting better with the advent of real patches in iOS 16 so
maybe Apple will add the seamless updates that the other has enjoyed for
years (where the OS updates monthly without the user even knowing it).

 These "features" are actually not missed on iOS by the vast majority of users.

 Exactly. Many of us just use apple stuff as an appliance. We are not Super
USERS. We are not Apple cult fans.

 +1 this. I've used Android and Apple phones/tablets. NEITHER was ever
intended as a power-user device. Phones and tablets fall very much in
the "appliance" category for me (AppleIance?). I did try to do photo
editing and organization and use the iPad as primary computing device
for a while. It was not very successful, mostly because the organization
aspect was very lacking.

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Despite Apple's attempts to claim otherwise, the iPad is not and cannot be a computer replacement for many reasons. The main one being that fat fingers are a hopelessly inaccurate input device. The Pencil or similar stylus (that Steve Jobs abhored when the iPad first launched) make is a bit better, but your hands are still in the way of the display so it is still nowhere near as good as a mouse, trackpad, or separate graphics tablet.