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Re:The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upg... by drnick1 on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @02:42PM (#49088158)
The issue is deeper than than. Even if you buy, not lease, the iPhone, you don't control the software. Apple is still the effective owner, and tells you what you can and can't run on your own device. Worse, Apple is able to remotely inject user-hostile programs, such as the planned CSAM scanner that was planned but ultimately abandoned[0].

[0] https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/01/csam-scanning-flaw/

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Re:The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upg... by compiler-guy on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @03:45PM (#49088931)
All of that is true, but has nothing to do with the new payment plan apple just released.
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