XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   candycanearter07 wrote:   
      
   >On 9/20/23 04:54, Wally J wrote:   
   >>nospam  wrote   
   >>>nope. there is no requirement to upgrade nor is it forced.  when   
   >>>it asks to confirm the upgrade, decline it. you can remain at   
   >>>whatever version you want. ios developers have multiple devices   
   >>>with various older versions for testing (which is annoying but   
   >>>that's how it is).   
   >>   
   >>Yet again... *iKooks are completely ignorant of everything about   
   >>Apple*   
   >>   
   >>If you want to be fully supported *you must upgrade from iOS 16 to   
   >>17*   
   >>   
   >>It's not surprising that nospam is completely ignorant of this   
   >>basic fact.   
   >   
   >It wouldn't be as bad if they didn't arbitrarily move the supported   
   >devices forward. The ONLY one I think was justified was the 32 bit   
   >cutoff, but they still could've very easily made a 32b version. Hell,   
   >even Windows does that.   
      
   The only time Windows is used as an example in this newsgroup is as a   
   bad example or to blame them for what Apple is doing.   
      
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