Re: [Correction] Apple's iOS full support is exactly as long as expected.

From	Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com>
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Subject	Re: [Correction] Apple's iOS full support is exactly as long as expected.
Date	2026-03-26 16:35 -0400
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Tom Elam wrote:
> On 3/26/26 11:52 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:
>> Tom Elam wrote:
>>>> Note: I could add the Google Nexus line to the list above. Should I?
>>>
>>>
>>> OMG! Apple went to ~6 year support long before Samsung's very recent 7
>>> year promise.
>>>
>>> Once again your poor logic and arithmetic skills are on display.
>> 
>> Hi Tom,
>> 
>> I never disagree with any logically stated viewpoint.
>> 
>> If we look at historical full support for iOS, it's better than historical
>> full support for Android competitors to the iPhone, nobody disagrees.
>> 
>> As I had stated many times, I'm not a religious zealot.
>> I don't defend the mothership to the death, no matter what.
>> 
>> I just tell it like it is.
>> 
>> Apple iOS support used to be much better than Android competitor's support.
>> But today, the Android competitors FULL support is better than Apple's.
>> 
>>   a. Galaxy S = 7 years, 7 updates (8 Android versions, in toto)
>>   b. iPHone = 5 years, no specified number of updates
>> 
>> In addition, all Android 10+ phones core modules update monthly. Forever.
> 
> You did it again. Not "the Android competitors" but "two Android 
> competitors". Stop your lying please!
> 
> Based on Apple's ten year history it's not 5 years, it's more like 5-6 
> years. And Apple has advanced the hardware so fast that full updates 
> past 6 years are problematical.
> 
> Why are you so hung up on "full" updates anyway?

Hi Tom,

I never disagree with any logically defensible statement of fact, Tom.

Thanks for noticing that not all Android phones compete with the iPhone,
even as all Android phones run more software than any iPhone ever made.

For people considering between an iPhone and an Android phone, it's a
strange world because it's not really the phone they're considering.

The ecosystems are as different as being in prison is from being inside
your own home where you're allowed to have your own furniture installed.

Apple locks you into a prison "for your safety". Android does not.
And yet, neither has more safety than the other. Which is paradoxical.

I never said Apple's historical support wasn't longer than Android's.
What's longer is Samsung's NEW support policy for Galaxy S phones.

That's just a fact.
You don't have to like that fact, but it's still a fact either way.

What will be interesting in a decade is to look back in time to now.
And see whether that better support resulted in fewer software holes.

Time will tell.

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