[HN Gopher] Apple let users stay on iOS 14 and receive security ...
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       Apple let users stay on iOS 14 and receive security updates after
       iOS 15 release
        
       Author : ksec
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2021-06-07 21:01 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (9to5mac.com)
        
       | Dylan16807 wrote:
       | There's an important "will" missing from the HN title.
        
       | jorvi wrote:
       | Haven't they done the same in the past / aren't they doing the
       | same now? I distinctly remember an old iPad I gave to my parents
       | still getting iOS 12 updates.
        
       | gentleman11 wrote:
       | This shouldn't be newsworthy, but it is because of how companies
       | use software to try to force upgrades on people. Apple helped
       | pioneer this strategy
        
         | pzo wrote:
         | So true. I wish they would to the same for their developers and
         | didn't force us to after just half a year to upgrade to latest
         | MacOS version - otherwise you cannot install latest Xcode
         | update. As we speak I cannot even watch their developer
         | conference online live on my macbook because 2 months ago they
         | made their latest Developer.app update on Macos only available
         | for MacOS Big Sur. This has been very annoying for me and is
         | getting worse each year.
        
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