Wally J
2023-12-12 22:17:55 UTC
But v16.7.3 has security fixes too as shown in https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034.
Hi Ant,*Apple has the _shortest_ full-support of all operating systems*
Details here:
*Distinguishing software updates from upgrades*
<https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/about-software-updates-depc4c80847a/>
Apple support is a fact that is well known which in colloquial terms is
simply that there is full support for one release and only one release.
Period.
If you don't believe that fact, read these cites previously provided.
<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/apple-clarifies-security-update-policy-only-the-latest-oses-are-fully-patched/>
<https://hothardware.com/news/apple-admits-only-fully-patches-security-flaws-in-latest-os-releases>
<https://screenrant.com/apple-product-security-update-lifespan/>
Suffice to inform you of these well-known facts about Apple support:
1. Apple only fully supports a single release (which is iOS 17 currently).
2. Apple may, at their discretion, partially support any older release.
While Apple is the _only_ common consumer operating system vendor who has
such a ridiculously minimalistic full-support policy, all operating system
vendors will support any number of old releases at their discretion.
In other words, what you're getting in iOS 16 (and what I just got myself
for my iPad) is _not_ documented by Apple to be a fix for all bugs that
they know of, and, in fact, Apple explicitly disavows ever doing so.
You might get a fix or two, just as Windows XP and Android 4.4 might get a
fix or two (particularly the egregious bugs, but it's not full support.
And yes, I know the ignorant iKooks _hate_ that Apple lied to them in
Apple's marketing such that they still think Apple is fully supporting all
releases just because Apple fixes a bug or two in each (which Android,
Linux and Microsoft also do but nobody calls that "full support").
Only Apple iKooks are so ignorant as to not understand what I say above.
--
Most people who own Apple products don't understand a thing about them.
There are good reasons for that, partly due to its brilliant marketing.
Most people who own Apple products don't understand a thing about them.
There are good reasons for that, partly due to its brilliant marketing.