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It just happens to be bundled with the OS. Updates come from the app store. Otherwise you'd need to update the entire OS, just for a minor security fix to ime
by b112 3y ago
It just happens to be bundled with the OS. Updates come from the app store.
Otherwise you'd need to update the entire OS, just for a minor security fix to imesssgae.
- interactivecode 3y agoI mean it's apple, that's not a stretch
- ryanpetrich 3y agoYes, that's right. You need to update the entire OS for a minor security fix to iMessage.
- b112 3y agoBut.. you're serious?! Honestly, I've never used anything in that ecosystem, but.. I'm baffled.
- tikkabhuna 3y agoOS updates on iPhones frequently list new emoji in the release notes. It would be interesting to see what the most mundane reason for an iOS update is.
- frumper 3y agoEmoji are not just iMessage characters.
- pests 3y agoThis is deliberate. It's the carrot. The expectation is users will download for the new emojis and in the process get all their security updates. Before, people would delay updating forever as they would see no noticible benefits and even sometimes decreased performance. Kinda the same reasoning auto updates are on by default and we have the concept of evergreen browsers etc.
- eitally 3y agoIn that way, is it similar to Google bundling various Google 1P apps with AOSP images (not to mention partnership deals with various Android OEMs)?
- lern_too_spel 3y ago> Google bundling various Google 1P apps with AOSP images Huh? The only AOSP images Google produces that I'm aware of are GSIs, which build directly from AOSP and therefore can't have proprietary apps. https://source.android.com/docs/core/tests/vts/gsi#building-gsis https://source.android.com/docs/core/tests/vts/gsi#building-...
- gregoriol 3y agoI don't remember seeing it popping as an update through the App Store ever.