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> iOS 17 contains 6030 binaries, up from 5403 in iOS 16. That’s 627 new binaries.

That's... insane. Even worse, the graph appears to show a superlinear trend. For comparison, iOS 2 had only 278 binaries.

With such out-of-control software bloat, secure computing is never going to happen. There isn't enough brainpower on the entire planet to secure a system that grows to the tune of hundreds of components per year.



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