In a message written on Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 05:27:08PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > do let me know how I can obtain this month's security patches for my iPhone > 3GS. > > (Note that Wikipedia says that this device was only formally discontinued > by the manufacturer as of September 12, 2012, i.e. only slightly more > than 4 short years ago. Nontheless, the current "security solution" for > this product, as made available from the manufacturer... a manufacturer > which is here being held up as a shining example of ernest social responsi- > bility... is for me to contribute the entire device to my local landfill, > where it will no doubt leach innumerable heavy metals into the soil for > my children's children's children to enjoy.)
Actually, they encourage you to trade it in, where it is used for replacement parts and/or recycled, see http://www.apple.com/iphone/trade-up/. If your device is too old for that program, they will still take it for free and recycle it in an enviornmentally friendly way, see http://www.apple.com/recycling/. No iPhone should ever end up in a landfill. If it does, it's your fault for not taking advantage of the free recycling. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/
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