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I am quite proudly a lag-behind when it comes to tech within the last decade. The rest of you can go on ahead and suffer all the horrible bugs that would have
by Endy 8y ago
I am quite proudly a lag-behind when it comes to tech within the last decade. The rest of you can go on ahead and suffer all the horrible bugs that would have been found in QA testing, if the testers had been given adequate time and resources. I'll happily arrive after you're done and use the finished product.
Also, I've never updated Android OS on a device - every phone and/or tablet I have, has the version of Android it shipped with; whatever that might be. The same goes for iOS, mostly. My old iPad, I knew better than to update the OS. The newer one, I've made the big mistake of upgrading to iOS 12. I'm sorely tempted at the moment to make a list of programs on the device and reset it to get it back to decency.
My feeling is, people are allowing the tech companies to release buggy software, they're still buying it, they're still paying for hardware using it and supporting bug-ridden versions. We need to shift the mainstream - and the business world - back to demanding software that works and keeps on working reliably for the life of the business.
- suby 8y agoAre you not getting Android or iOS security updates, then?
- Endy 8y agoWhat's a security update? I don't expect them to be responsible for my security - that's my burden as the user to make sure that I'm using software and files I personally trust.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoThat seems a pretty illogical position, it relies on developers being perfect at security. It doesn't matter how much you trust someone you must realise that people are fallible; that, in context, means that hardware and software will have [security] bugs/feature oversights. If/When you discover a bug, and the developer has a fix out as a security update -- eg heartbleed -- then would you really not update because you trusted that developer before. Surely that they've issued a patch that they suggest to apply means, if you trust them, that you should apply the patch?