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A comment on No new iPhone? No secure iOS: Looking at an unfixed iOS vulnerability. Parent comment

Re:No new iPhone? No secure iOS: Looking at an unfixed iOS v... by signal11 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:31PM (#38796752)
I was responding to the parent who recommended using unpatched, out of support Android.

People who’re comfortable (or can be bothered) installing alternative OSes on their phones have an entirely different view on device obsolescence. Statistically they’re also a rounding error in the total mobile-using population.

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Re:No new iPhone? No secure iOS: Looking at an unfixed iOS v... by windexh8er on Friday December 29, 2023 @10:53AM (#38806231)
> Statistically they’re also a rounding error in the total mobile-using population.

Understood, but that has no bearing on the point being argued. You have no control over Apple IOS hardware after Apple stops supporting it. The fact that there is that "rounding error" is good for everyone as it is a force against closing that ecosystem which currently exists. It matters.

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