Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience

On 2024-05-12 13:22, Andrew wrote:

Chris wrote on Sun, 12 May 2024 12:54:17 -0000 (UTC) :
 

badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

>
-- Does Android provide ALL security updates for every major version of
software release?

>
No. That would be a huge amount of effort as there have been 14 major
versions. Probably the most 2-3 recent are supported.
>

-- Is there a reason not to upgrade to the newest major version of iOS
within a few weeks of release?

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Nope.
>

-- How old must an iPhone be before it can support the newest iOS major
version release?

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Not sure what you mean here, but iOS 15, 16 and 17 have received several
updates this year. IOS 15 supports back to the iphone 6 which is nearly
nine years old.

 For badgolferman, Chris is just wrong.
  <https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsung-extends-android-and-security-updates-to-7-years/>
    "*Samsung phones now come backed with _seven_ years' worth of*
    *security updates and _seven_ generations of OS upgrades*."

That's a promise for the newest Samsung Galaxy phones only:
'Seven years of security and OS upgrades is a big jump up from the five years of security and four years of OS updates in last year's Galaxy S23 models'