> they prefer that then having people use iOS 25 for the majority of 2026.
I'm not blind to the advantage of their new naming scheme, and honestly they could name it iOS 2077 it would be their prerogative. It just sounds off to me to equate "they're just cheating a bit" to "it makes sense".
That wasn't a consideration in the past. e.g.
"MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)", introduced on October 24th 2011
https://support.apple.com/en-us/111341
> they prefer that then having people use iOS 25 for the majority of 2026.
I'm not blind to the advantage of their new naming scheme, and honestly they could name it iOS 2077 it would be their prerogative. It just sounds off to me to equate "they're just cheating a bit" to "it makes sense".