A slice of Apple: How many old Apple devices can't get security updates?<article>
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In the rush to critique Google for its inability to patch older and some current versions of Android at all or promptly—a rush I was absolutely part of—it’s good to not ignore the baggage we’re carrying around as well. Google was rightly criticized for the tradeoffs it made starting with the release of Android 1.0 to allow handset makers and cellular carriers to control, more or less, what went onto Android handsets.</p><p>
This included alternate user interfaces and bloatware, but also prevented a quick path for security updates and software flaws. The only exceptions are Google-released flagship phone models for which the company controls the destiny, and phones sold with or rooted to run
CyanogenMod, a venture-capital-backed Android fork designed to put the OS’s updates and behavior in the hands of a device’s owner.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2970732/security/private-i-a-slice-of-apple-users-with-old-ios-versions.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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A slice of Apple: How many old Apple devices can't get security updates?
