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That seems like a really flimsy distinction. I would've assumed the software on planes and MRI machines gets updated.

• tedunangst 11y ago
  For that matter, I don't really consider updating my iPhone "normal use" though I'm pretty sure it doesn't get an exception given his remarks about "iThings".
  • simoncion 11y ago
    Do you consider updating the apps installed on your iPhone to be a part of "normal use"?
    • tedunangst 11y ago
      That happens automatically, so don't think much about it. Back when you had to do it manually, I almost never did. Now, I don't consider updates to be abnormal, but neither is it something I'd ever list in response to "how do you normally use your phone?" Or my kindle. I update the software on that far less frequently.
      • simoncion 11y ago
        So, software upgrades are such a normal part of the day-to-day operation of an iPhone that they happen automatically. Thus, the iPhone is very much a computer. Contrast this with -say- most computer monitors. There is software running in them, but -in (almost?) every case- upgrading that software requires either gaining access to programming ports inside the monitor and performing an arcane ritual that might involve specialized hardware or physically swapping out chips.