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I personally don't buy that it's planned obsolescence. I think most people just don't need that much ram. IOS is really good at loading/unloading stuff as neede

I personally don't buy that it's planned obsolescence. I think most people just don't need that much ram. IOS is really good at loading/unloading stuff as needed, outside of HN I'm not sure most consumers care about the exact amount of ram. Apple still does security updates for IOS - last was 12.5.7 - 23 Jan 2023 - that's back to the iPhone 5S They've literally provided security updates for a 10 year old device, has any competitor even come close to that?

hackernewds 4y ago
You should try using a 10 year old device. None of the apps support the older OS given Apple's dictatorial app approval process. And you can't get away with upgrading to iOS 14 given how slow it will run, and you really have no choice for other OS on the architecture Functionally they're useless