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>Apple is basically a smartphone company at this point Not entirely correct. Apple is a software sales platform. Apple have stated that even older phones and
by v5v3 1y ago
>Apple is basically a smartphone company at this point
Not entirely correct. Apple is a software sales platform.
Apple have stated that even older phones and iPads and macs will get the new OS26.
Apple realised a long time ago that, as you said, consumers don't have a need to upgrade.
So rather than taking the approach of others, which is to stop OS updates and then also security updates, which would result in compatibility issues. Apple are trying to maintain the largest possible user base.
So they can sell to all of them.
- Tijdreiziger 1y agoGoogle tries to maintain a large user base as well. The problem Google has is that they’re dependent on phone OEMs to release OS updates, but OEMs mostly don’t make money off software. They ‘solved’ this by pushing a lot of security and OS features into Google Play Services, so they can update them independently of the OS. Today, you can get new apps and OS features even on older Android versions.