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Apple will provide software and hardware support for any given product for at least 5 years. After those 5 years, you sometimes will still get security fixes.
by stalfosknight 9mo ago
Apple will provide software and hardware support for any given product for at least 5 years. After those 5 years, you sometimes will still get security fixes.
The reason for this is that newer software will start using hardware features and capabilities that only exist on newer hardware, not because Tim Cook is evilly cackling in his office "hahhahha! Let's force people to buy new Macs!!!"
- phatfish 9mo agoErm, isn't the last bit a key part of Tim Cooks job (getting people to buy new apple stuff even if they don't really need it)?
- stalfosknight 9mo agoApple's hardware products generally sell themselves.
- ryandrake 9mo agoIf only there was a way to write software that uses the new hardware features if they're available but falls back to a legacy path, if the hardware features were not available.
- stalfosknight 9mo agoThat introduces complexity to the codebase.