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My personal anecdote is that I just don't even touch my iPad very often. I've been a couple months behind updates just because I hadn't used the device.

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I upgraded my iPad to be the guinea pig: I didn't want to update my phone unless I liked it. Sadly, iOS on iPad still lacks some basic things like a flashlight control and doesn't actually let you customize the home screen with all the new clock fonts and such on older devices so it's been subpar. Consequently I didn't update my phone yet.

From a security perspective that is a horrible idea.

iOS 15 (which I use) received its most recent update on Jan 23, 2023. They also just updated macOS 11 and surprisingly iOS 12 on that day. Apple tends to keep security updates to the old OS going for a while after the new OS comes out. I will upgrade at some point, but I tend to take it slow on OS updates so issues have time to shake out.

But do you get offered these security updates? I’m pretty sure you only get offered the latest firmware which would be in the 16 series.

It seems to be a more recent change in the last couple of years but yes now you do. It will show both options on the upgrade screen.

iOS12 got patched because they dropped a whole bunch of devices such as the original iPad mini then. They only patch had issues but gets one every few months or so.

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