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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by 0x0 on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @03:56AM (#14504434)
While iOS upgrades are usually free these days, it hasn't always been like this. According to wikipedia, iOS 1.1.3 was a paid upgrade on iPod Touches (while being a free upgrade for iPhones).
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by k-mcgrady on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @04:09AM (#14504485)
The first few upgrades were paid for tax reasons as far as I remember. And then after a few versions they were able to change that.
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by kalleboo on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @08:38AM (#14505800)
And only on the iPod touch, not on the iPhone. They also had to charge for a WiFi update on MacBooks for "accounting reasons".
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by k-mcgrady on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @09:35AM (#14506291)
Yeah I think the iPhone got around it because people were already paying monthly for it.
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by ahakki on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @04:54AM (#14504657)
Yes, I remember that. I had to explain this to my parents so that they would let me use their Creditcard for this purpose.
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by JimDabell on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @04:57AM (#14504671)
iOS updates have always been free. There's no such thing as iOS 1.1.3, only iPhoneOS 1.1.3.
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by MBCook on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @12:46PM (#14507864)
No they are right. Due to some sort of accounting thing once upon a time on some of the first iPod touches there would be a small fee to upgrade the OS.
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by JimDabell on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:32PM (#14510042)
Yes, and that was iPhoneOS, not iOS.
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