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Update Now Warning Issued to All iPhone Users

8 points by 01-_- 11mo ago

ChrisArchitect 11mo ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264101 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264101
bamboozled 11mo ago
That website is total trash and the article feels like it was written by ChatGPT 1
- kachapopopow 11mo ago
  it's forbes, also it has an author so unlikely it was written with AI.
  - Brian_K_White 11mo ago
    And yet the asessment of the quality is still accurate. At least other trash sites have the excuse that they aren't claiming to be Forbes. At least an ai has the excuse that it's an ai.
  - apothegm 11mo ago
    Doesn’t mean the author didn’t offload the task of writing to an AI. Also, Forbes blogs don’t have editorial oversight, only the official magazine articles.
  - buggeryorkshire 11mo ago
    I don't think I've ever something so incorrect.
randunel 11mo ago
I think it's really difficult to write so much text with so little information conveyed in it. I don't think I'd be able to even once, let alone as my daily job.
- OptionOfT 11mo ago
  Not to mention the first to 2 links on the article refer to Forbes, not to Apple. Apple here is the authority. Not Forbes. They write: > along with a warning to update your iPhone now where 'update your iPhone' links to this BS article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2025/12/05/check-your-iphone-now-these-models-will-no-longer-receive-updates/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2025/12/05/chec... Where is the warning from Apple?
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windsignaling 11mo ago
How legit is this? In my experience, every time I've updated iOS due to some urgent "security issue", the result was my phone just got a whole lot slower.
- kachapopopow 11mo ago
  that's because it jits code instead of pre-jitting like android does, so when you hit a piece of code that hasn't been compiled yet you perceive it as slowdown since the first time it runs it is emulated.
  - mmastrac 11mo ago
    This comment makes no sense. Both Swift and Objective C are precompiled languages.
    - kachapopopow 11mo ago
      swift compiles to bytecode, objective c I am not sure but I think that is native
      - mmastrac 11mo ago
        This is incorrect. Swift optionally compiles to _bitcode_ (+), which is pre-compiled by _Apple_ before distribution, not by your device itself. (+) Bitcode is now deprecated: https://digital.ai/catalyst-blog/navigating-apples-bitcode-changes/ https://digital.ai/catalyst-blog/navigating-apples-bitcode-c...
        kachapopopow 11mo ago
        then it makes no sense why apple warns you that your device is performing "background" activities post update, last time I looked at iOS binaries they seem to decompile as-if it was bytecode - but it could also be related to more advanced debug directories haven't messed with internals of these devices since breaking the bootloader became pretty much impossible.

8 points by 01-_- 11mo ago

ChrisArchitect 11mo ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264101 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264101

bamboozled 11mo ago

That website is total trash and the article feels like it was written by ChatGPT 1

kachapopopow 11mo ago
it's forbes, also it has an author so unlikely it was written with AI.
- Brian_K_White 11mo ago
  And yet the asessment of the quality is still accurate. At least other trash sites have the excuse that they aren't claiming to be Forbes. At least an ai has the excuse that it's an ai.
- apothegm 11mo ago
  Doesn’t mean the author didn’t offload the task of writing to an AI. Also, Forbes blogs don’t have editorial oversight, only the official magazine articles.
- buggeryorkshire 11mo ago
  I don't think I've ever something so incorrect.

randunel 11mo ago

I think it's really difficult to write so much text with so little information conveyed in it. I don't think I'd be able to even once, let alone as my daily job.

OptionOfT 11mo ago
Not to mention the first to 2 links on the article refer to Forbes, not to Apple. Apple here is the authority. Not Forbes. They write: > along with a warning to update your iPhone now where 'update your iPhone' links to this BS article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2025/12/05/check-your-iphone-now-these-models-will-no-longer-receive-updates/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2025/12/05/chec... Where is the warning from Apple?

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windsignaling 11mo ago

How legit is this? In my experience, every time I've updated iOS due to some urgent "security issue", the result was my phone just got a whole lot slower.

kachapopopow 11mo ago
that's because it jits code instead of pre-jitting like android does, so when you hit a piece of code that hasn't been compiled yet you perceive it as slowdown since the first time it runs it is emulated.
- mmastrac 11mo ago
  This comment makes no sense. Both Swift and Objective C are precompiled languages.
  - kachapopopow 11mo ago
    swift compiles to bytecode, objective c I am not sure but I think that is native
    - mmastrac 11mo ago
      This is incorrect. Swift optionally compiles to _bitcode_ (+), which is pre-compiled by _Apple_ before distribution, not by your device itself. (+) Bitcode is now deprecated: https://digital.ai/catalyst-blog/navigating-apples-bitcode-changes/ https://digital.ai/catalyst-blog/navigating-apples-bitcode-c...
      - kachapopopow 11mo ago
        then it makes no sense why apple warns you that your device is performing "background" activities post update, last time I looked at iOS binaries they seem to decompile as-if it was bytecode - but it could also be related to more advanced debug directories haven't messed with internals of these devices since breaking the bootloader became pretty much impossible.