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Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

#21

A device can be unsupported yet millions will still use it. The obsolescence business model needs to be legislated away.

Should DEC still be releasing patches for the PDP-11? Apple is probably the better companies out there. Some Android devices (cheap tablets on aliexpress) don't even get a year of updates.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

#23
post #21

A device can be unsupported yet millions will still use it. The obsolescence business model needs to be legislated away.

Should DEC still be releasing patches for the PDP-11? Apple is probably the better companies out there. Some Android devices (cheap tablets on aliexpress) don't even get a year of updates.

A VM image of the build server would work.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

#24

Still waiting for iOS and iPadOS security updates to 18 as per the tradition of supporting the past 2 generations of OSes rather than this sneaky rug-pull of trying to foist fugly 26 on users who don't want an unusable device. This sort of spurious patching and releasing token cheap devices is a form of gaslighting.

Indeed! I was about to post something very similar. Glad I scrolled down a bit.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

#25
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If only they had user replaceable batteries, or repairable devices

https://support.apple.com/self-service-repair https://support.apple.com/mac-laptops/repair?services=servic... https://getsupport.apple.com/repair-locations?locale=en_US

I mean self repair without renting proprietary equipment, having to soften glue with heat, etc. I used to be able to swap batteries in seconds without tools. Some laptops could do it without shutting down.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

#26
Now if they'd just release an update to 26.3.1 (23D8133) which PERMANENTLY broke Apple Carplay for me I'd be happy. It's been getting steadily worse since iOS 26 was released.

Apple is rapidly becoming the new Microsoft. I mean, Microsoft has fallen so much further, so I guess that just opened up a new gap in the shitty technology spectrum for Apple to descend to.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

#28
This is nice in that Apple acknowledges that iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 devices still exist and are used. I wish third party developers would read that memo and get with the program. The App Store is becoming a ghost town of "This app stopped supporting your icky old device" warning messages due to app developers abandoning these phones.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

#29

A security update for an eleven year old phone is pretty wild. For comparison, the Nexus 6P was released in the same year as the iPhone 6S. It last received a security update in 2018.

Only 3 years of security updates for a computer we use every day is criminal. It shouldn’t be shocking that Apple kept patching but rather that Google hasn’t.
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