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I really hate that they demand Wifi - I never have Wifi, but I have an unlimited data plan that is well good for multiple terabytes.

• Turing_Machine 5y ago
  Yeah, that needs to change. It should probably have to be turned on explicitly, because a lot of people are still on spendy OTA plans, but it should be an option.
• gorgoiler 5y ago
  How’s your battery usage though, with the cell radio on (compared to wifi)? Battery crapping out is still a major taboo with iOS updates, I believe.
  • ubercow13 5y ago
    The battery can be checked before updating, after any downloading, so it's irrelevant.
  • ev1 5y ago
    It doesn't matter, it's plugged in at night.
• benhalllondon 5y ago
  Whoa! Where do you live?
• sbierwagen 5y ago
  Apple has many customers. The person who buys the phone is one customer. Another customer is the cell phone networks, who don't much want to use their airtime to distribute OS patches, which use a lot of bandwidth but are almost entirely invisible to users.
  • ev1 5y ago
    Then perhaps they should make it be able to be sent during off peak hours at a lower bitrate when people are sleeping, they are signed by Apple anyway, so a carrier can distribute them at off-peak from edge nodes closest to the tower, avoiding backhaul, and using wasted spectrum that was not getting use anyway. Rather than, you know, a vulnerable device behind on updates that isn't backupable to iCloud in any way.
• Humphrey 5y ago
  Yeah, I currently don't have Wi-Fi so my devices have stopped backing up to iCloud. Backups required my device to be plugged into power, connected to power, & have a locked screen! If you do not have Wi-Fi at home, would these conditions ever be met?