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>>skille+(OP)
Committing to 7 years is a big step! Apple does't commit to its support timeline at all and seems to average around 6 years, so this is more firm and also longer.

I would like to see Apple respond by committing to their timeframe but they won't.

>>withzo+Lg
Apple averages around 6 years of major OS updates, but I think security patch support goes on for much longer than that.

edit: iPhone 5s from 2013 received an update this year

>>369548+Uh
Apple provides only certain highly critical security updates to older devices. There was an Ars Technica article a year ago on Apple’s support policy for security updates. [1] Officially, Apple guarantees security updates for all known security issues only for the latest version of the OS. [2]

Quoting from Apple’s page [2]

> “Note: Because of dependency on architecture and system changes to any current version of Apple operating systems (for example, macOS 13, iOS 16 and so on), not all known security issues are addressed in previous versions (for example, macOS 12, iOS 15 and so on).”

[1]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/apple-clarifies-secu...

[2]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/deployment/depc4c80847...