>At some point they simply do not provide software while blocking you from providing own software. You knew this getting these devices. You didn’t buy it and e

>At some point they simply do not provide software while blocking you from providing own software. You knew this getting these devices. You didn’t buy it and except to be able to run android on iPhone did you? > Perhaps it's time to question this practice and discuss the issue with potentially making such devices illegal? At least when company doesn't provide software? Why? I don’t see a huge benefit. I don’t love it, but it’s not like you can’t run old versions or it stops working. Do you expect them to give you software updates forever once you buy it? Apple is one of the best at updating mobile. If it was up to me I’d like to have the paid updates model again, it would stop forcing upgrades, I’m not fond of the security comes with features model, and I think it would force them to have more support for other versions, they expect everyone to always update. Then again if you don’t like the product, don’t buy it. Many Android phones lets you do all of that, and once I set up an iMessage server to route it I’ll switch completely. >I mean if one owns computer/iphone and cannot install own software there since those devices are locked and Apple do not provide their software with security updates what an owner of the machine should do? What security problem are you worried about? I never update iOS from the version it came from and had never been hacked ever, I’d love to hear of anyone with that experience, I have never heard of it happening once, same with my android devices although I root. Maybe my Adblocks, blacklist, or the VPN on mobile prevents it anyway, on my home network I rely on my router to protect my devices. Do you have a realistic fear, which exploit? Why is it scary? Best practice is to stop assuming you have any safety, updates or not, lots of unpublished backdoors, lots of ways to hack you if they really wanted to.