My friend had to update his otherwise-fine iPhone because of Uber's disdain for backward compatibility. Admittedly it was an older model phone. But everything h

My friend had to update his otherwise-fine iPhone because of Uber's disdain for backward compatibility. Admittedly it was an older model phone. But everything he cared about worked fine with it until Uber pushed a mandatory new version of the app that required a newer iOS than the phone could run. To Uber's credit they did have a useful support response with a pointer to the mobile website. Still seemed awfully awkward.