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My argument is a bit different than others for why Apple would never do this. The iPhone is one of the most popular devices on the planet, and Apple is in a ve
by _fat_santa 3y ago
My argument is a bit different than others for why Apple would never do this.
The iPhone is one of the most popular devices on the planet, and Apple is in a very high profile position because of it. The last time they tried doing anything remotely close to sneaky was the slowing down of phones with older batteries which eventually resulted in a class action lawsuit.
Sure Apple could install backdoor software, crapware or whatever else in an update, but their exposure to a class action lawsuit would be insane. Whatever they did would be found out pretty quick by security researchers and....you have class action on your hands that will probably cost the org $100M - $500M.
Apple isn't in the business of being nefarious, their in the business of selling you an iPhone. It's in their best interest to sell you the most secure and best phone possible, because all they want is to sell you an iPhone.
- webmobdev 3y agoAh, but you forget the license agreement or definitely the privacy policy that changes with every OS upgrade. By doing forced OS upgrades, Apple is essentially forcing new ToS and privacy policy updates on you too.
- MBCook 3y agoThey’re doing this BEFORE you buy the device. They’re not forcing anything on you.
- webmobdev 3y agoThey announce the OS version with every new hardware release. So it is indeed a criteria that consumers use to decide to purchase. And not everybody automatically upgrades to a new OS version.
- doublerabbit 3y ago> It's in their best interest to sell you the most secure and best phone possible, because all they want is to sell you an iPhone. No. Apple's best interest is to make money. Apple is a business; they care neither about you or me. The iPhone is side-product, a cash-cow that can be milked over and over.