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Is that not 18.7.5 as released yesterday or am I missing something?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126347


Apple used to make minor and patch releases available, but they've stopped doing that so as to increase Liquid Glass adoption. For that reason, iOS 18.7.5 is only available for the iPhone XS / XR series released.

Very consumer-hostile behavior from Apple :(


Massively hostile. They have effectively forced me to choose between a less secure phone or one with a terrible UX.

FWIW I’m sticking with the less secure one that doesn’t look like Windows Vista.


> Available for: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPad 7th generation

They are explicitly choosing to only release security updates for 18.x to devices which are not eligible for liquid glass.

iPhone 14 was deemed capable of running liquid glass, even though it has worse battery life and performs sluggishly.

In the past, Apple has usually let you hold back on an older version and shipped security updates for all devices, not just ones that are incapable of running the new OS, but not this time.


> In the past, Apple has usually let you hold back on an older version and shipped security updates for all devices, not just ones that are incapable of running the new OS, but not this time.

No they haven't been, for the past several years: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/19/ios-18-forced-ios-26-up...


Looks like this is for older devices only. “Available for: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPad 7th generation” so doesn’t include iPhone 16… nor is available on my device.





I loved Camino. I think I still have the binary on my MBA just to look at the icon and sigh


It is, shall we say, more curated


It has the benefit of being late to the game (like .NET was to Java).



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I have vitiligo and basically no skin pigment above my neck line - this product is excellent, reasonably priced, and ethical


Seconded. Been using Altruist for a few years now. Hybrid mineral (TiO2)/chemical. Unscented, light fluid, slight white cast once dry (Caucasian/north European skin type). Also I don't get eye irritation as with many other types after an hour or two. Available easily online if you can't find it locally.


I’m using Windows 11 at my new job and wow, it really is horrible (always been a server OS user at work, Mac at home)

This whole thing about it opening links in Edge despite your preferences is just.. bizarre! It’s like they had a bet on “hey what’s the most user hostile thing we can get away with?!”


I remembered this story the other day but couldn’t remember the name - and then coincidentally came across this link to it! https://users.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html


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