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Re:About the security content of iOS 12.4.9 by internet2000 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:47PM (#25004397)
Which makes it kind of a pointlessly obtuse metric. To claim a device has negative months of support.
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Re:About the security content of iOS 12.4.9 by lmkg on Thursday November 05, 2020 @11:01PM (#25004767)
It's accurate, though. When I am evaluating devices to buy, a metric I care about is "after I buy this, how long will it remain up-to-date with security patches?" And the answer to that question is "on the day that you buy it, it is already several months behind on security patches and will not improve." That metric is not the be-all-end-all of support, but is meaningful, and low or negative values have the correct interpretation in that context.
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Re:About the security content of iOS 12.4.9 by maltalex on Friday November 06, 2020 @05:28AM (#25006583)
It's not pointless at all. It accurately reflects the situation of buying a device off the shelf long after its official end of life.
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Re:About the security content of iOS 12.4.9 by loeg on Thursday November 05, 2020 @10:28PM (#25004581)
Sorry, I don't follow.
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