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Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust by alwillis on Monday July 10, 2023 @09:22PM (#36675355)
> I do think they could and should be more aggressive with security updates. Both by releasing/messaging those separately from other kinds of point releases (improving but not great), and by notifying sooner/more frequently.

Normies usually have their updates set to automatic, so they get the updates a soon as they're out.

I count over 9 security updates for iOS 16 [1] as of July 10th, with the rest of the year to go. I feel like as soon as any type of update is released by Apple, I'm inundated with the news from many websites, RSS feeds and the PGP-signed email from Apple with the news [2] [3].

[1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

[2]: [email protected]

[3]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201214

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Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust by lostapathy on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:56PM (#36675904)
> Normies usually have their updates set to automatic, so they get the updates a soon as they're out.

I have my iPhone and iPad both set to automatic updates, as are some others in the family. I have noticed several times when my iPad will get an update and then a couple weeks later I'll be on another family member's iPad and notice it still hasn't done the update yet.

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Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust by alwillis on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:39AM (#36681629)
You can use a Mac to cache system updates for a local or home network [1]. That way, your devices will pull from the cache instead.

[1]: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-content-cach...

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Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust by tourmalinetaco on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:25AM (#36679999)
Have automatic updates on, and very frequently my iPhone will skip updating despite having left the phone plugged in and connected to the Internet overnight. I check it in the morning and it will say “failed to install update”. Then I’ll have to fight it for the next 5 minutes to get it to actually begin the download.
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