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AppleInsider said:

The company is also raising dividends by 4%, bringing payments to $0.25 per share.

Apple raised dividend to $0.26 (up from the previous $0.25).

arichter138 said:

eightzero said:

"However, Apple may not consider it enough of an issue to address it with time and labor costs." Really? A multi-trillion dollar company can't afford this? You know...to keep their customer base happy? Seriously, how much "time and labor costs" are we talking about?

The real issue isn't the cost of time and labor costs to fix this one particular issue, but the can of worms it opens up on every other product/sw that is beyond the last date of support that is found to have a bug/defect/vulnerability.  If Apple fixes this one, but not a different one later, how many class-action lawsuits get spun up against them using this as reference or precedent?

This wouldn’t be precedent setting. And also that wouldn’t stop someone from filing a lawsuit anyway.

Apple has already provided security updates to products that were discontinued for a very long time. For example, on July 29, 2024 Apple released iOS 15.8.3 for the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. That update (at that time) was provided to the iPhone 6S/6S Plus just under 9 years after those iPhones were released and just under 6 years after those iPhones were officially discontinued.

There might be even better examples of even older products receiving updates from Apple. The iPhone 6S/6S Plus example was just the one that immediately came to mind when I read your comment.

Edit: Oh, yep, there was an even better example to use. Apple provided yet another update for the iPhone 6S/6S Plus. That update (iOS 15.8.4) happened just a few weeks ago (March 31, 2025). So that would have been 9 years, 6 months after release and 6 years, 6 months after being discontinued. 

I’m going to sign the petition as well. If for no other reason than to indicate to Apple my continued interest in AirPort. I absolutely loved the AirPort line of products. I don’t own any AirPort products anymore, but I would 100% fill my home with a mesh network of AirPort products if Apple were to make new ones. 

I’m old enough to remember back to… 4 weeks ago… when Trump had a press conference with that huge cardboard chart. That huge cardboard chart with all the (not actually reciprocal) reciprocal tariffs listed. He proudly showed off that chart at a planned press conference in front of cameras. But now… it’s a hostile and political act for anyone else to acknowledge that tariffs exist.

entropys said:

On the bright side, these could be tele-operated from your favourite coffee shop.

Who can afford to tele-work out of their favorite coffee shop when the 46% tariff rate is unpaused?

46% being the “reciprocal” tariff rate on Vietnamese goods, which includes their wonderfully-delicious coffee.