*Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> wrote

>> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213913
>
> Updated my old 7+.

There is no operating system with a shorter support cycle than iOS!

What never fails is the iKooks are oblivious of details in facts.
<https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/deployment/depc4c80847a>

The main reason the iPHone has between two and three times the zero-click
zero-day bugs and over ten times the exploits in the wild is that iOS has
the _shortest_ full-release support cycle in the industry - bar none.

FACT:
The instant iOS 17 ships, every iPhone that can't update to it will
*immediately lose full hotfix support!*

Why?

Because unlike _every_ other common operating system supplier,
*Apple only fully supports a single release*

FACTS:
<https://screenrant.com/apple-product-security-update-lifespan/>
<https://hothardware.com/news/apple-admits-only-fully-patches-security-flaws-in-latest-os-releases>
<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/apple-clarifies-security-update-policy-only-the-latest-oses-are-fully-patched/>

And that's only the full hotfix support (whyich is 1/10th of an OS).

The rest of the operating system support (e.g., drivers & default apps)
also dies the instant iOS 17 is released. Apple support is primitive.

*No other consumer operating system uses this primitive support method!*
--
I'm on these child-like Apple newsgroups to inform these ignorant
uneducated iKooks that everything they believe about Apple is wrong.