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OS updates are not comparable. Apple charging for updates is idiotic because as a user I don’t have a choice to go use a different OS.

• aetch 2y ago
  You do have a choice, just keep using the OS version you have. Just like using the an older Firefox version. Adding security updates and new features costs time and money.
  • redserk 2y ago
    Apple seems to have made the economics work out well with devices alone. You don’t even have to touch their services revenue to consider ongoing iOS development a significantly successful return on their investment.
  • HighGoldstein 2y ago
    There are a couple of problems with this argument. One is that with a device (especially a premium one) the cost of support for a reasonable lifetime is considered baked into the price. The other is that security updates imply a security issue, meaning the company sold you an insecure, i.e. defective device in the first place.
  • GTP 2y ago
    The point is that with browsers there's also the option of using an entire different one, not just keeping an older version of the same browser.
  • evah 2y ago
    If Apple delivers a defective device to the customer, I see no reason why they shouldn't be fixing it using the money the customer originally paid. A security vulnerability may eventually leave a device completely unusable.