No, this is not true. There is nothing stopping open-source software from pushing malicious updates.
But you are avoiding my main point. You are criticising Apple for something they haven’t done and had no plans to do.
Two things stop it: (much simplified) oversight by the community and a possibility to fix the code.
> You are criticising Apple for something they haven’t done and had no plans to do.
The do participate in the enshittification (https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/ and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43243075), so my only expectation is that they won't do what's best for the users. In addition, they removed many features requested by the users like the headphone jack.
In general, the less you trust in a company, the better. Free software allows to decrease the trust in the vendor by watching the code and forking whenever you have to.
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No, this is not true. There is nothing stopping open-source software from pushing malicious updates.
But you are avoiding my main point. You are criticising Apple for something they haven’t done and had no plans to do.