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security updates are important. and on a mobile device that's connected it's really important.

mihaaly 4y ago
it was so good if it was security update only and not f-ing up existing functionality - on top of poor security release fixes - and forcing on the user unrelated and never needed other things as well. this 'security' rasoning for update thing is a big fat lie! do security updates only then!
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- elzbardico 4y ago
  Most software nowadays is network centric and talk to other computers. Protocols evolve for reasons beyond security, and thus, updating your customer device is required to keep inter-operability
- antihero 4y ago
  If they do security updates for obsolete versions of software this means a huge amount of resources testing and developing patches against it that could be spent improving current software.
  - mihaaly 4y ago
    Improving must mean here making even bigger and more complex pile of whatever, making it more vulnerable by complexity and new, barely tested or thought through new versions. We could live without that easily! They could divert resources from "improvements" easily then and consequently making the job of ensuring the quality of already sold vulnerable products to live up to the minimum standards! Testing much much less of existing and broadly distributed products by not making so many obsolete versions so rapidly, putting resources where it counts instead of flashy pile of superficial sh*t! Something truly and reliable useful at last!
- acdha 4y ago
  Remember that in many cases security fixes involve architectural improvements. You can get those by installing the free system updates and those don’t break existing functionality so it’s understandable that they don’t double the workload by patching very old releases, especially since that’s paying more to have a slower phone with fewer features.
mistrial9 4y ago
security is both real, and potentially an infinite excuse to require new purchases, new validation, new terms of services and anything else that the party in control deems 'required', at any interval they can get away with...

it was so good if it was security update only and not f-ing up existing functionality - on top of poor security release fixes - and forcing on the user unrelated and never needed other things as well. this 'security' rasoning for update thing is a big fat lie! do security updates only then!

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elzbardico 4y ago
Most software nowadays is network centric and talk to other computers. Protocols evolve for reasons beyond security, and thus, updating your customer device is required to keep inter-operability
antihero 4y ago
If they do security updates for obsolete versions of software this means a huge amount of resources testing and developing patches against it that could be spent improving current software.
- mihaaly 4y ago
  Improving must mean here making even bigger and more complex pile of whatever, making it more vulnerable by complexity and new, barely tested or thought through new versions. We could live without that easily! They could divert resources from "improvements" easily then and consequently making the job of ensuring the quality of already sold vulnerable products to live up to the minimum standards! Testing much much less of existing and broadly distributed products by not making so many obsolete versions so rapidly, putting resources where it counts instead of flashy pile of superficial sh*t! Something truly and reliable useful at last!
acdha 4y ago
Remember that in many cases security fixes involve architectural improvements. You can get those by installing the free system updates and those don’t break existing functionality so it’s understandable that they don’t double the workload by patching very old releases, especially since that’s paying more to have a slower phone with fewer features.

mistrial9 4y ago

security is both real, and potentially an infinite excuse to require new purchases, new validation, new terms of services and anything else that the party in control deems 'required', at any interval they can get away with...