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Ex-Apple engineer says Apple deliberately slows older phones via updates
(www.macobserver.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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They already have fragmented mobile OS systems.
Mobile OS should be forced 5 years of security updates without forcing full OS updates.
Thats not a good security model. Allows too much fingerprinting. All devices should run the same immutable OS.