[leetcrew]

I don't totally follow this argument. the 30% app store commission, iCloud subscription, etc. does not only fund security fixes for the OS and core services. I don't think the average consumer thinks that's what they're paying for either. waiving the fee for EOL'd devices would create a perverse incentive of its own.

I do wish apple would follow google's example and commit to a service lifetime upfront, but other than that, I don't object to their model. in practice, it vastly exceeds the level of support for any android phone other than the pixel 8, and we have yet to see whether google actually follows through on that.

[Closi]

Also it means that at some point, Apple would have to actively block some legacy devices from using iCloud, app store, apple music, any app with subscrpitions etc which would effectively make the device pretty useless.