XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Tyrone wrote:   
   >> Sure, we have plenty of technical disagreements, but we can remain civil.   
   >>  a. You and I don't agree on how iOS was delivered prior to iOS 16 RSRs   
   >   
   > That's because you are flat out wrong. If you had a SINGLE iOS device, you   
   > would know that updates are all different sizes. And RSRs are not even being   
   > issued any longer. I have not seen one in years.   
   >   
   > I have a couple iPad Air 2s and iPod touch 7s.  All are maxed out at iOS   
   > 15.8.5.  The most recent update was September 12, 2025. Rest assured that   
   > update was NOT a 5GB download. BTW that update also destroys ANOTHER absurd   
   > claim of yours, the "poor support" of Apple devices. The Air 2 was released   
   on   
   > October 16, 2014. That's 11 YEARS of support. Is there an 11 year old Android   
   > device on the planet that is still getting OS updates?   
   >   
   > When the next update comes along, it will again be 100 MB or so. Do you have   
   > an older iOS device?  Do you want to look at the size of the next update?   
      
   Let's take this up, as civil adults, in its own separate thread because   
   UNDERSTANDING how iOS releases is one of the most basic things to know.   
      
   There is a complexity in the answer so anyone with only a simple   
   understanding will NEVER be able to understand what I'm claiming.   
      
   Before RSRs existed, iOS updates were monolithic at the OS level, even if   
   the device downloaded only a delta. The monolithic nature of iOS has   
   absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the size of any individual iOS   
   device's delta. This is the most critical concept to first understand.   
      
   Let's take it up in its own separate thread, because anyone who claims that   
   the DELTA is what I'm talking about, doesn't understand how iOS releases.   
      
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