Why isn't firmware downgrading on all devices capable of

>>55549133
Potentially allows vulnerabilities.

>>55549141
Shouldn't that be up to the owner to decide whether to take the risk or not?

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>>55549133
Oy vey! Are you saying you don't want the latest adware?

>>55549133
I remember when you could. Everything after the iPhone 4 is stuck with whatever you upgrade to. I think Apple should just sign all of their firmwares in iTunes servers. Honestly I'd be ok with it if they found a way to void my warranty too. I just want my old iPad to be back on iOS 6. The iOS 7 to 9 update made it slow as fuck. No jailbreak makes it a useless pile of poop.

>>55549157
Yea but you have to remember the majority of cella phone users are tech illiterate and can be taken advantage of

Wait you want to force downgrades on devices? I think it should be allowed, not mandatory. What would be the point of updates then? "No siree, you have to downgrade that device" "But I don't want to, this update is actually decent"

>>55549133
What's interesting, I downgraded my Windows Phone.

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>>55553051
That could be because Microsoft tends to backport all their security patches and sometimes even feature updates.