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No, they're running 2+ year old OSes, not 2+ year old apps. Just like Windows 7 still runs the latest Chrome despite being a whopping 6 years old, so, too, doe
by kllrnohj 11y ago
No, they're running 2+ year old OSes, not 2+ year old apps.
Just like Windows 7 still runs the latest Chrome despite being a whopping 6 years old, so, too, does Android KitKat run the latest Chrome.
- krisdol 11y agoYou still need to write apps to be compatible with 2+ year old OSes if you want them to be able to install those apps. You don't get infinite forward compatibility for free. There are many updates I stopped being able to get on Android 2.x after 4 was released.
- zanny 11y agoThe market share of <Android 4.0 is small enough now to ignore, especially if you are also ignoring iOS entirely. Definitely not enough to stop you from writing a webapp in the first place.
- kllrnohj 11y agoWe're talking about websites here, not native apps. So... no, you don't. Browsers already did the compatibility work for you.