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No, historically OS's haven't been linked to hardware like iOS is. Imagine if every time you got a new webcam, you had to buy a new version of Windows. XP was s
by restingrobot 6y ago
No, historically OS's haven't been linked to hardware like iOS is. Imagine if every time you got a new webcam, you had to buy a new version of Windows. XP was supported for 12 years, iOS 12 was officially discontinued after 1 year. You're talking about orders of magnitude difference in time.
- holycrapwhodat 6y ago> XP was supported for 12 years, iOS 12 was officially discontinued after 1 year. Also a pretty false equivalence, though. Windows 7 was a paid upgrade from Windows XP. iOS 13 was a free upgrade from iOS 12. Devices that shipped with iOS 10 got 11, 12, 13, and 14 for free. (Some/many/most/all) will probably continue getting future iOS versions for free.
- restingrobot 6y agoI didn't make the equivalence of iOS to XP, the commenter did. I did pick iOS 12 to make a point, but you're right it is apples to oranges, and that's also proving my original assertion. The original comment was that Apple should charge for iOS versions, to which I was saying that is a bad idea. By your comment, (I think), you would agree with my statement.