Are security updates realistically worth the potential issues in bugs in new iOS updates?

[kofman13]

So every year i have this dilema. to Update ios or not. In my experience, while a new major ios always added cool features i enjoyed, it almost always hampered performance or battery life in some way. But i never really thought of security updates as also another important update feature.
I have an iphone 13 pro currently on ios 16.5 and i am contemplating updating to ios 17 because a few of the features are nice, and people keep telling me i have to have the latest security updates. But when i look up "ios 17 issues" i see so many threads about UI bugs, terrible battery life, and more with ios 17 and 17.1.
So my question is.. in a real world scenario, are these security updates worth potential issues/problems that come with new major iOS? Performance/battery life would be something i would notice everyday

[Zando_]

13 Pro Max here, I always run the latest, only ever have issues when I'm running the beta versions, and even then it's just apps crashing sometimes, not major problems. If you google "iOS 16 issues" you're gonna see the same stuff as for 17. 

[kofman13]

28 minutes ago, Zando_ said:

13 Pro Max here, I always run the latest, only ever have issues when I'm running the beta versions, and even then it's just apps crashing sometimes, not major problems. If you google "iOS 16 issues" you're gonna see the same stuff as for 17. 

yeah ios 16 was great for me. well good to know youre running it on the same generation phone as me with no issues

[Thomas4]

The only real need to update anything is to fix known bugs or obtain wanted features. Other than known bug fixes, no application upgrades are REALLY needed. Even the OS itself doesn't need to be upgraded either,unless you want/need support as long as you don't have problems, of course.