Apple Stops Signing iOS 9.3.2 and iOS 9.3.3

Darn you, Apple. Some of us don't want to be brainwashed inside your walled garden.

This isn't surprising news. I'm surprised you're surprised.

There's a perfectly good reason for wanting people on the latest version. Bug fixes. EVERY software company does this. Many will not provide support if the customer is not and for very good reason. If you dislike that now, I imagine you're going to have a really difficult future.

One of the problems is with developers (like Apple). In the 80s and 90s you had to make sure the software you shipped was near perfect, or you'd be shipping out bug fixes on floppies. Todays approach is ship now, fix later. Software has just become sloppy over the years. Who cares about fixing bugs before a release when you can make the user update 42 times in a year?

Unusual to stop signing two versions at the same time, but it's obvious why they did it. It would be nice if Apple gave iPhone and iPad owners proper downgrade rights.

"Proper downgrade rights" = Apple continues to accommodate people who refuse to upgrade but still insist on tying up support resources because they want to complain about something like redesigned buttons. Also, these very same people then complain when they aren't given all kinds of security updates and immediately run to the first lawyer they see crying about a class action lawsuit because the world moves along without them.
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Darn you, Apple. Some of us don't want to be brainwashed inside your walled garden.

The road to android is right over there.

I'm actually shocked they waited this long to stop signing 9.3.3. Figured it would have happened sooner to stop people from downgrading and jailbreaking.

Update: Apple has also stopped signing iOS 9.3.3, meaning it is no longer possible to downgrade to a version of iOS that supports the most recent jailbreak.

Unusual to stop signing two versions at the same time, but it's obvious why they did it. It would be nice if Apple gave iPhone and iPad owners proper downgrade rights.

They'll buy back & cherish their vintage software... But not let it work for you.