Excellent question, Merritt. I've been experiencing the same thing with my iPhones. My personal one is a 6S and my work one is and 8. Granted, they are "old" in the IT world, they have been just fine for me. Now, I'm finding that more and more apps require IOS versions that aren't supported. Of course, the devices can't be upgraded to the latest IOS version. I guess that's what they refer to as 'planned obsolescence', or a means bywhich they force you to keep purchasing the newest and latest hardware.

This reminds me of Microsoft. Maybe Apple just realized that MS has had a license to steal money from us for decades and decided to jump on that bandwagon.


Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX