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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: iOS 18 will be compatible with the same iPhone models as iOS 17
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:43:40 -0000 (UTC)
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Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
> Chris wrote on Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:58:58 -0000 (UTC) :
> 
>>> The iPhone XR was released in October of 2018, so when iOS is released 
>>> in September, that will be 6 years.
>> 
>> Also note that iOS 15 has received several security updates recently which
>> means iphones going back as far back as the 6s (launched in 2014) are still
>> getting some support. 
> 
> Not one of you Apple zealots has any idea how operating systems update.
> 
> It's no longer shocking that you Apple religious zealots have no idea that
> Google has been fully supporting over two dozen core Android modules since
> Android 10, updating billions of Android phones, every month, for years.
> 
> <https://www.androidheadlines.com/2022/01/google-monthly-changelog-play-system-updates.html>

You clearly confuse operating systems with system software. They are not
the same. Simply updating a piece of software does not update the OS. Only
an idiot would misunderstand that. 

> 
>>>> Always remember Apple has the *worst* operating system support in the
>>>> industry, in that only a single release is fully supported, and even that,
>>>> only for five years (whereas Microsoft fully supports operating systems for
>>>> over fifteen years, and Google/Samsung are seven years & seven versions).
>>> 
>>> For only a handful of their phones, you mean.
>> 
>> Given the policy only came in in the last few months exactly zero phones
>> have been supported for more than four years by Samsung/Google. Whereas
>> Apple has a history of supporting phones for 5-6 years.
> 
> It's no longer shocking that 

You ignore uncomfortable facts.