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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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