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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad
Subject: Re: Install iOS 17.4.1 now to patch 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:53:28 -0000 (UTC)
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Enrico Papaloma <enrico@papaloma.net> wrote:
> On 4/25/2024 5:30 PM, Chris wrote:
>>>>> The advice is that these iOS zero-day holes that Apple didn't find are so
>>>>> severe, the recommendation is for iPhone owners to update even if they were
>>>>> intending to wait for iOS 17.5 before running yet another update cycle.
>>>> 
>>>> There's no reason to wait that long to install updates. 
>>> 
>>> But a lot of people do wait, for a variety of reasons, not the least of
>>> which is the way iPhones are updated can cause a variety of slowdowns.
>> 
>> Still not a reason to wait.
> 
> I'm not disagreeing with you that people should not wait.
> But they do wait.
> 
> You have to ask yourself WHY those people wait.
> Why do YOU think they wait?

No idea. Misinformation that's propagated online, probably. 

>> The slowdown - if it even exists - is
>> temporary. I can understand waiting a day or two to see any real-world
>> issues shakes out, but not over a month. 
> 
> The iPhone update slowdown doesn't always exist but it often exists. 
> It's even worse with iOS upgrades than with the more numerous updates.
> 
> You know this because you have experienced it.
> Everyone has.

Nope never.