Apple is no longer letting people stay on iOS 14, prompts iOS 15 update
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What you need to know Apple has removed the ability for iOS 14 users to update to iOS 14.8.1. iOS 15.2.1 is now the only update option for iPhone users. Apple was previously offering security updates to iOS 14 to allow people to avoid updating to IOS 15. It isn`t immediately clear why, but Apple`s dual alternate system is gone. Apple`s iOS 15.2.1 update is now the only version of iOS that people can update to, even those who are running a version of iOS 14 and would previously have been presented iOS 14.8.1 as an alternative update option. Previously, Apple allowed iOS 14 users to stay away from iOS 15 entirely and remain on iOS 14.x via new security updates. That was working with iOS 14.8.1 until recently — but now that alternate update option has been removed as spotted in a Github post via 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac was able to confirm that devices running iOS 14.8 or previous versions of the operating system can no longer be updated to iOS 14.8.1. Instead, the Software Update m...