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by burnt-resistor 130 days ago
It's a rug-pull going against the tradition of supporting the most recent 2 OS versions until the autumn refresh simply to technofascistly force users onto 26 with an artificially-created Hobson's false choice between security and usability. This is bullshit.
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No.

They have been doing this every year for the past several years: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/19/ios-18-forced-ios-26-up...

It's being noticed just now because iOS 26 has controversial UI/UX and many users don't want to update.