Re: If you own an iPhone X or older - you should throw it over the next bridge

On 2024-07-28 18:37:43 +0000, badgolferman said:

Andrew wrote:
 

Just as Windows XP and Android 4.4 devices are regularly updated,
the only safe thing do to with any of them (Windows XP or Android
older than Android 10, including an iPhone X or older) is to
throw it over the next bridge.

 At work we continue to maintain a Windows XP computer because the
specialized software for our simulators only works with that
version of  Windows.  The IT department doesn't like it, however
it's not connected  to the internet so we have a waiver and remain
safe.

 I get your point that even an old Windows XP, which isn't updated all
that often nowadays, can be as useful as an iPhone that can't install
iOS 18.

 Actually that was not my point at all.  I was just commenting on how
useful Windows XP can be far beyond its supported life cycle.

There's nothing wrong with old tech that still does what you need it to. I used my old G3 PowerMac as a "daily driver" for about 20 years before it broke. My car is 30 years old. There is a silly craze for constantly updating things that do not actually *need* to be updated - it's simpy a "must have the latest toy" stupidity that seems to be built into too many people.
I don't know if they still are, but in 2015 it was reported that a group of 19 schools in America were still using a Commodore Amiga computer to run their air-con system.
<https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/theres-30-year-old-commodore-amiga-still-controlling-heat-ac-19-public-schools/> Around that same time, "The GAO report said that U.S. government departments spend upwards of $60 billion a year on operating and maintaining out-of-date technologies - three times the investment on modern IT systems.”