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Kye Fox

@cadey I moved up to a new iPhone, but it's nice to see I'd still get security patches for my 6S Plus even though it's officially out of support. edit: I assume this is related to a similarly severe patch for iOS 16+

19 May 2023 at 11:42 | Wall-to-wall | Open on tech.lgbt
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Xe :verified:

@Kye with apple, "out of support" doesn't mean they don't get updates, they just don't get new version upgrades. Apple has released security updates for iOS 9 in the past.

19 May 2023 at 12:01 | Open on pony.social
Kye Fox

@cadey The 6S was my first, and no one I asked could answer if it would still get security updates.

19 May 2023 at 12:11 | Open on tech.lgbt
Jimmy Jim

@cadey @Kye Apple does backport updates, but it‘s no panacea. From what I’ve seen they tend to “triage” and patch critical bugs, and it often (tho not in this case) comes out quite a bit later than the iOS 16 update.

19 May 2023 at 15:10 | Open on mastodon.social
Xe :verified:

@starchturrets @Kye it's better than the situation with Android lol

19 May 2023 at 15:11 | Open on pony.social
Jimmy Jim

@cadey @Kye yes. The situation on Android has been improving, but iOS still tends to get OS upgrades for longer before they need to get fixes backported, so it evens out in the end.

19 May 2023 at 15:15 | Open on mastodon.social
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