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by lucb1e 45 days ago
> Contrary to popular belief

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Got any?

The rest of the comment consists of even vaguer statements about how it's better in every way and then (circularly) drawing the conclusion that it's always the right choice because it's better in every way. I have no idea how to respond to these opinions than either writing a book that goes into every subtopic you're touching on, or just concluding "ok that's your opinion". Maybe consider that others may disagree by having different values and priorities than you, and so it's not strictly always the best option

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You cant respond to any opinion because I have not provided any. Security is objective. What security someone may need can vary, yes, but that does not change how the security of a device works. You are downplaying serious issues and claiming features that nearly everyone benefits from are unnecessary.

Every month, vulnerabilities are published and publicly accessible. The more out of date a device becomes, the more vulnerabilities are available. This is made worse when the integrity of the operating system cannot be verified and root access is exposed. Avoiding this is not a high level threat model, that is the bare minimum.