Re: Expert issues warning to anyone using iPhone on Apple's 'obsolete' list that could be seriously harmful

On 2024-06-06 15:00, david wrote:

Using <news:v3t75l$1lorg$1@dont-email.me>, Your Name wrote:
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A. The "obsolete" iPhone is no more at risk than it was the
   day before Apple declared it obsolete - it's just a word!
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B. The hackers will mostly be targeting the newer devices
   because there are far more of them.
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C. Unless the battery suddenly bursts in flames, no device
   on the planet is "seriously harmful".
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D. Every company on the planet stop having parts for
   repairing old products and tech companies stop providing
   software updates. (No, you can't run the latest version of
   Android on an ancient phone either.) Even the "right to
   repair" campaigns and laws are only for around a 10 year
   timeframe.

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You're wrong on every count since Apple only promises at least five years
of support fixes for all the bugs it knows about and only on one release.
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Google & Samsung promise full support for at least seven years for all the
bugs it knows about and that covers up to seven android releases.

 Only for their most recent phones...
 ...not all of them.