iOS 14 now installed on 85% of all compatible iPhones, Apple says

Apple has been making it more and more difficult not to upgrade. Good in some ways, in other it appears to just be an arbitrary move 

sedicivalvole said:

Apple has been making it more and more difficult not to upgrade. Good in some ways, in other it appears to just be an arbitrary move 

Siri features that don’t work if your phone is not the same version as your HomePod, simply bot seeing devices in HomeKit, requiring later OS’s to run updated Apps. The old iWork suite is a big and constant criminally bad offender for this. 

But it’s working and achieving this uniformity they are after. 

I do wish they would tone it down in some areas. 

Most users only need a carrot to upgrade. Others need a 2X4 between the eyes to get their attention.

sedicivalvole said:

Apple has been making it more and more difficult not to upgrade. Good in some ways, in other it appears to just be an arbitrary move 

Siri features that don’t work if your phone is not the same version as your HomePod, simply bot seeing devices in HomeKit, requiring later OS’s to run updated Apps. The old iWork suite is a big and constant criminally bad offender for this. 

But it’s working and achieving this uniformity they are after. 

I do wish they would tone it down in some areas. 

What crime does Apple commit by pushing people to upgrade? Siri is partly based on the phone and does some processing there. Why do you think features will be the same when you are not upgraded? Apple isn’t getting paid to push upgrades and there is new features, privacy and security updates with new upgrades. Apple is pushed by security researchers and users to keep their devices with the best security and privacy they can. Users have to upgrade to get that however. 

Fidonet127 said:

sedicivalvole said:

Apple has been making it more and more difficult not to upgrade. Good in some ways, in other it appears to just be an arbitrary move 

Siri features that don’t work if your phone is not the same version as your HomePod, simply bot seeing devices in HomeKit, requiring later OS’s to run updated Apps. The old iWork suite is a big and constant criminally bad offender for this. 

But it’s working and achieving this uniformity they are after. 

I do wish they would tone it down in some areas. 

What crime does Apple commit by pushing people to upgrade? Siri is partly based on the phone and does some processing there. Why do you think features will be the same when you are not upgraded? Apple isn’t getting paid to push upgrades and there is new features, privacy and security updates with new upgrades. Apple is pushed by security researchers and users to keep their devices with the best security and privacy they can. Users have to upgrade to get that however. 

Upgrades also remove features and compatibility sometimes.

It used to be that the last upgrade an Apple device received was the one that made the continued use of the device totally miserable. I think they have gotten kinder and gentler. I can still use my 2012 iMac with Catalina and it is a very pleasant ride. I have zero complaints about it although Garage Band users may disagree. Contrast that to my old iPads, iPod Touches, iPhones, and an iPad mini that are forever stuck at a version of the OS that renders them frustratingly useless. I wish I could roll them back to a couple of earlier versions, but I understand security concerns prohibit doing so.