Sadly not updating the OS is very bad from a security perspective. Especially with AI increasingly finding vulnerabilities and exploits.
Though it's frustrating that Apple rarely provides any sort of "security fix only" updates, and to fix security issues you just have to install all the other new stuff.
I recently sold a nine year old iPad running iOS 17 that is still getting security updates (17.7.11 a few months ago). Even iOS 15 (released 2021) got a security update in May.
Sadly not updating the OS is very bad from a security perspective. Especially with AI increasingly finding vulnerabilities and exploits.
Though it's frustrating that Apple rarely provides any sort of "security fix only" updates, and to fix security issues you just have to install all the other new stuff.
I recently sold a nine year old iPad running iOS 17 that is still getting security updates (17.7.11 a few months ago). Even iOS 15 (released 2021) got a security update in May.
Yeah, this is very clearly the 1-3 years of updates you have to just skip while they figure it out. Like Win11 or the Touch Bar.