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That's not unintentional, though. It's just a form of planned obsolescence, which can be avoided by getting an Android phone that can have CyanogenMod installed
by dukeluke 9y ago
That's not unintentional, though. It's just a form of planned obsolescence, which can be avoided by getting an Android phone that can have CyanogenMod installed on it. Alternatively, you can get a Nexus phone, which recieves OS updates directly from Google instead of a third party.
- kec 9y agoProgress != planned obsolescence. The iPhone 7 has more than an order of magnitude more compute power compared to the 4s, and app developers are targeting that device as it's actually selling today.
- dukeluke 9y agoThat's true, developers can focus on the new platforms, but that doesn't mean new iOS versions should make older phones become much slower.
- kec 9y agoThat alternative effectively means dropping support entirely (or allowing the whole ecosystem to stagnate based upon the lowest common denominator), something most android OEMs do after a year or two. You can't have it both ways. We're lucky that competition in this space means consumers have choice as to which style best suits their needs.
- dukeluke 9y agoYou can have it both ways. They can support the old version by providing security and stability patches without adding the new, computationally expensive features to the old phone.
- vbezhenar 9y agoThey can at least allow downgrading to old iOS. I don't really understand their reasoning. I can decline upgrade request for years, but if I hit "OK" once, it's game over. Either upgrade automatically and don't ask me, if you're so security-consicous, or allow downgrading.