On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:11:47 PM UTC-5, Andy Burnelli wrote:

It's sad how fantastically ignorant most iPhone owners are about iOS.

*An iPhone/iPad has the _shortest_ support lifespan of all smartphones*

That's just a fact.
You iPhone/iPad owners may be ignorant of that fact.

But your ignorance doesn't change the fact that they're still facts.

There's a key point to be made here in that most iPhone owners are
oblivious of how utterly primitive the iOS update mechanism truly is.

It's no wonder that the iPhone has the worst record in terms of it having
the _shortest_ support lifecycle of the current smartphone update
ecosystem.

Yes. You heard that right - but you're likely completely ignorant of how short the update cycle is for iOS given you only know what Apple fed you.

Here's a FACT that you need to understand if you're going to ever
understand why the iPhone has the _shortest_ update lifecycle of any smartphone.

1. Apple only promises updates in the _latest_ iOS
(which is currently iOS 16)

Yes. You heard that right. Not iOS 15.
iOS 16.

Only.

2. iOS only updates monolithically.

Yes. Monolithically.

I realize most of the iKooks are ignorant of what that means,
since Apple advertises the 'delta' update for any given device.

But if Apple changes even a single line of code in the iOS
operating system - which itself contains all the key apps
by Apple such as Safari is - then the _entire_ operating
system has to be rebuilt by Apple and then distributed to
billions of people world wide.

If you think that's a modern way of distributing an operating
system then think again, because _nobody_ on this planet who
is credible says it's NOT a primitive method of OS updates.

3. Android, by contrast, updates essentially forever most of the
core modules, over the Internet, completely outside the carrier.

Yes. You heard that right too.
You're likely completely ignorant of this fact, as most iKooks are.

But you being ignorant doesn't make that fact not a fact.
Here's just one reference explaining more about that fact.
*Android 13 Will Help You Easily Receive Software Updates* <https://onsitego.com/blog/android-13-software-updates-bluetooth/>

We can now push new features and applications directly to users
on older versions of Android through updates to existing modules.

We can also individually add entirely new modeles to your device
using the modern functionality not found in iOS, originally named
Project Mainline also known as 'Google Play System Updates' which
were first introduced in Android 10 to make dozens of Android
core system components more modular and hence more updatable.

Unlike with the primitive monolithic iOS, Android owners do NOT have to
wait for their OEM to release timely software updates for dozens of core critical Android modules (which are all updated over Google Play Services)

In summary, I doubt a single iOS user reading these facts will comprehend even one of them, as they're all seemingly completely ignorant of iOS.

But the iPhone/iPad users being ignorant doesn't make their operating
system not a primitive monolith that has the _shortest_ update lifespan
of all smartphones out there (counting from Android 10 and up, of course).

Please:
DO NOT RESPOND until/unless you're read (and comprehended!) this reference! *Android (10 and up) is built using Modular System Components* <https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/modular-system>

Wow, that's strange. My brother-in-law's iPhone 6 and 10 year old iPad 3 are still working. He is about the get a newer refurbished iPad but only because some apps are no longer supported. The OS is fine.

The wife's 4 year old Android tablet still works but was getting so bogged down I gave her my iPad 7 when I bought the iPad 9 a few months ago. I got her an iPhone 14 for Christmas. It's replacing her Moto.

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