Only 3 years of security updates for a computer we use every day is criminal. It shouldn’t be shocking that Apple kept patching but rather that Google hasn’t.
7 years for hardware and 2 latest OS versions was the standard Apple support timeline, except for many iOS and iPadOS 18 devices to force use of Liquid Glass in 26.
Apple decided to not patch a couple of iphones and ipads a few years ago. 6s was the oldest one at that time but even that was still within the update window.
The fact that they now have to patch them 3-4 year after the discovery because Google found them to be targeted in the wild should not be presented as a win for Apple.
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A security update for an eleven year old phone is pretty wild.
For comparison, the Nexus 6P was released in the same year as the iPhone 6S. It last received a security update in 2018.
Only 3 years of security updates for a computer we use every day is criminal. It shouldn’t be shocking that Apple kept patching but rather that Google hasn’t.
7 years for hardware and 2 latest OS versions was the standard Apple support timeline, except for many iOS and iPadOS 18 devices to force use of Liquid Glass in 26.
This is a very odd take.
Apple decided to not patch a couple of iphones and ipads a few years ago. 6s was the oldest one at that time but even that was still within the update window.
The fact that they now have to patch them 3-4 year after the discovery because Google found them to be targeted in the wild should not be presented as a win for Apple.