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oblio 20 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: iPhone Duo

In Europe that's the law. 7 years of security updates.

rafram 20 days ago [–]

You can (and manufacturers do) release security updates for past major-version releases without backporting features.

oblio 20 days ago | [–]

At least for Android that's not a big deal as most of the system lives in independent applications.

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