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raw_anon_1111yesterday at 10:03 PM2 repliesview on HN

So exactly why is that a big deal when unlike Android - they actually keep their phones updated?


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SchemaLoadyesterday at 11:36 PM

It's a deal when they stop updating. It is true they provide OS updates for longer than most, but many people use devices, especially ipads for way longer than the OS supported period. And those people are stuck on an old unsupported browser without being able to update or install a 3rd party one.

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j1eloyesterday at 10:31 PM

Unlike Android indeed, when you maintain a perfectly working phone that happens (by accident or force of nature) to live longer than the official lifetime some executives in a remote office had decided to grant it, the web browser cannot be updated any more. Just the single most security sensitive piece of software of any computer. Who would have guessed people were going to complain!

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