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by ajmurmann 3794 days ago
What about security vulnerabilities that get fixed in those updates? You don't want those?

This got us Chinese bot nets on outdated XP machines...
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ksml 3794 days ago
Apple continues to release security patches on older versions of OS X for a while. In my case, I am on Yosemite and have not upgraded to El Capitan yet, but I have all the latest security patches.
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grandalf 3794 days ago
This is exactly the issue. It is irresponsible for a vendor not to nudge users toward upgrading when older versions no longer make sense to support.
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fishanz 3794 days ago
'Nudging' me to update from Yosemite to El Capitan is just annoying. It's one iteration!
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fishanz 3794 days ago
No I totally get it about the security updates; but it's the principle that I can't opt out if my own dumb ass wants to. Ultimately I would absolutely opt-in for security updates, but they don't seem to come stand-alone. If I'm not mistaken, Apple can push critical security updates these days anyway - there's been at least one.
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