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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by fsflover on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:36PM (#26995713)
> the purpopse of apples closed update system was to shorten the useful life, rather than as a side effect of other product and design goals

So what is the reason to prevent updates of software after the support is over? This is a classical software anti-feature.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by ska on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:44PM (#26995838)
I suspect the main driver was consistency of experience. Obviously they didn't always nail this.
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by google234123 on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:08PM (#26999362)
IT's a ton of work to make and push updates.
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by fsflover on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:48PM (#26999805)
I am not speaking about making updates. I am speaking about preventing users from making them.
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by zepto on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:07PM (#27000030)
You know the answer to that - it prevent large classes of social engineering attack and is part of the overall security model.
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by fsflover on Saturday May 01, 2021 @04:34AM (#27004474)
Even when the device is no longer supported?
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by zepto on Saturday May 01, 2021 @12:13PM (#27007441)
I fully support allowing the device itself to have alternative OS installations after the end of official support.

The reason 1st gen iPads don’t have this is fairly obvious though - the unlocking feature is itself a likely vector for attacks e.g. by law enforcement unlocking tools, etc.

I’m not sure what it would take to enable it to be done securely without destroying the overall security model but it’s clearly not trivial, and would take some investment that certainly wasn’t possible at the time the 1st gen device was released.

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