Apple no longer has security patches for iOS 14, confirms this was “temporary”

20 January 2022
Users still on iOS 14 will be prompted to update to iOS 15 after a grace period of about three months.

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  • 23 Jan 2022

Buy phone coz guarantee updates for 5 years .but after 1years no updates available.......lmaoooooo.
Even my granpa phone xiaomi redmi 5 still receive updates

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    • 21 Jan 2022

    Anonymous, 21 Jan 2022Apple gives 5 years upgrade, because thats exactly how long... moreOh look, yet another "Android has moar of everything" guy... It's especially funny when you all compare iOS to all the various Android versions from various vendors and then pick and choose all the best features from each and then call it "Android" like it's this unified single variant. If you're comparing iOS to Android, at least compare it to Android AOSP because that's the only thing that 100% guarantees it'll have those features on every single device running Android. Anything else, even Google's "stock" Android isn't that. And then come back and brag how Android has all the features in the world whole century ahead of iOS. Heh.

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      • 21 Jan 2022

      sa11oum, 21 Jan 2022They try to portray Android as being better in every single... moreApple gives 5 years upgrade, because thats exactly how long Apple needs to give the same features from Android 3-4 years ago.

      It would be an achievement if Apple gives 5 years upgrades but with many new features Android dont have.

        Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022You can't just pick the best example and say "all... moreThey try to portray Android as being better in every single aspect. The truth is, Android is better in some aspects, and iOS is better in others. Longevity and software support is one of Apple's strengths. But they're too obsessed to admit it.

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          • 20 Jan 2022

          Samsung, 20 Jan 2022Well.. Samsung has the biggest Android phone market share. ... moreYou can't just pick the best example and say "all Androids are like that" because Samsung is best representative. No, Samsung is like that and 99% of other vendors are absolute garbage in this regard. Samsung doesn't even remotely represent the largest share with all the Chinese brands with super cheap phones that are always have better specs on paper.

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            • 20 Jan 2022

            Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022Aaaand you're doing the exact same lame excuse thing y... moreWell.. Samsung has the biggest Android phone market share. It would even make more sense to choose Samsung over any chinese brand as a representative of Android.


            But of course, you will prefer any entry level chinese phone as a representative of Android, because thats the only way to make iphone looks more superior.

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              • 20 Jan 2022

              DaFink, 20 Jan 2022🤦‍♂️ I don't see how point out a pro of one has to nec... moreIt's funny how they do mental gymnastics on every little thing Apple does. Is iOS 15 not considered "longer software support"? It's what they've been literally doing already all this time but now it's on the headlines, diehard fanboys suddenly see it as no software support when Android or Google leaves the security update - let alone a big Android version up to the manufacturer to release or not.

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                • 20 Jan 2022

                YUKI93, 20 Jan 2022I'm afraid you are wrong. Google has completely stoppe... moreThe main issue here is that while Google was working on security patches for Oreo, literally NO actual phone maker has been actually delivering them to end users. Probably only Google's own phones and Samsung.

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                  • 20 Jan 2022

                  Samsung, 20 Jan 2022You must never heard about Samsung's android. Samsung ... moreAaaand you're doing the exact same lame excuse thing you people always do. When we complain that 99% of Android phone makers have atrocious software and updating support and out of all you always pick Samsung to deflect the criticism. Literally the ONLY Android phone maker with outstanding long term software support. Where's your Oppo/Vivo/Realme, where's your Poco, where is your Xiaomi? Huawei? Basically all Chinese brands are horribly bad at it.

                    Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022Meanwhile Google still supports Android 8I'm afraid you are wrong. Google has completely stopped supporting Oreo since November 2021. If you go to the Android Security Bulletin website*, Android Oreo had its last-ever security patch in October 2021.

                    *https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-11-01

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                      • 20 Jan 2022

                      Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022From what I read it actually ended around last year.Source?

                        Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022While this fruit company's lickers will use "LoNg... more🤦‍♂️ I don't see how point out a pro of one has to necessarily be considered an 'argument against' the other, but then as you describe Apple users as 'lickers' it pretty much spells out the limitations of your reasoning abilities.

                        What is the point of supporting older software when you go out of your way to offer a clear and easy update path to newer versions???

                        This has been Apple's approach for years, they have tried a modified approach with iOS 15 to help mitigate recent issue's with updates (which by the way are not limited to Apple alone). They could could have done nothing new at all and still gotten the usual criticism.

                          Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022Meanwhile Google still supports Android 8That's more out of necessity than desire. Google don't want to be seen abandoning older versions of Android where there are still a not insignificant number of devices in the wild running said older versions, and this being mainly because there is no official update path available.

                          I'm pretty sure that in Google's own version of an ideal world, they wouldn't need to support older versions the way they do.

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                            • 20 Jan 2022

                            [deleted post]You completely misunderstood the context here.

                              [deleted post]You are a perfect example of being a blind fan. The blind fan is a creature with no brain they only use heart. As we know the heart has no logic. This fan culture killed many brands so I hope Shamesung will end that way. Shamesung mocks Apple and follows Apple blindly. Shamesung device hangs always whether it's a flagship or budget range. Shamesung's Exynos is the worst chipset. But blind fan far from logic and truth.

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                                • 20 Jan 2022

                                Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022There is a grand canyon sized gap between "Google supp... moreYou must never heard about Samsung's android. Samsung Galaxy A51 from 2019 get official software support until 2024 and thats only a midrange class from samsung.

                                In 2019, samsung had its own renaissance with the birth of One UI.

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                                  • 20 Jan 2022

                                  Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022While this fruit company's lickers will use "LoNg... moreWhere did you drag this nonsense from? Or did you actually mix up Android and iOS and you were describing Android. Because for Android, that is actually the case for a lot of "no name" brands that just churn out phones and basically never release any updates for them and they are essentially stuck with whatever version came with phone from the shop. Claiming that for iOS is entirely nonsensical statement given that they receive 5 major OS updates and yet somehow you're claiming they don't get security updates after just 1 year. Somehow. Makes no sense at all.

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                                    • 20 Jan 2022

                                    Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022Meanwhile Google still supports Android 8There is a grand canyon sized gap between "Google supports Android 8" and "Users actually getting any updates for Android 8". What you're claiming is just the bare minimum to use apps. They can't afford to demand from users to run much newer OS because of how many are still stuck on these ancient versions. There is no such thing on iOS where even phones from 2015 are still getting major OS updates. You can afford demanding minimum OS version for apps when you do that and iOS does that.

                                    I've made a visual spreadsheet of how updates are delivered on Android and iOS:
                                    https://rejzor.wordpress.com/2021/08/04/comparison-of-android-and-ios-long-term-software-support/

                                    They both cease support after roughly 10 years, but it's the part in between that's very different.

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                                      • 20 Jan 2022

                                      Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022Maybe because Apple's proven history of losing lawsuit... moreOh my god, you're still beating this dead horse that died like 5 times already? Right, because cramming more features on old device isn't expected to work slower as is, but you call it planed obsolescence anyway, but all the Android phone makers intentionally leaving you out of any updates after just year or two totally aren't planned obsolescence, right? Riiiight? Come on, get real.

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                                        • 20 Jan 2022

                                        Anonymous, 20 Jan 2022Meanwhile Google still supports Android 8From what I read it actually ended around last year.

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