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>> developers making mistakes and publishing incompatible updates If Apple thinks your device is old enough to end support (and Apple's pretty good at pushing
by k-mcgrady 10y ago
>> developers making mistakes and publishing incompatible updates
If Apple thinks your device is old enough to end support (and Apple's pretty good at pushing updates for old devices for quite a while) why would devs keep trying to support you (when the app probably only cost $1-2 and 5 years have passed).
- sbov 10y agoWhy are the only two options devs supporting them or their app breaking? I have software that is close to 20 years old that is both unsupported and still works.
- k-mcgrady 10y agoIf you don't update the app and don't update the OS there's no reason it shouldn't continue working. You update the OS and you run the risk of deprecated API's getting called.
- g051051 10y agoConsidering that the app store allows device and os specific versions to coexist, there's no reason that requires a dev to break an old game. When it happens, it's typically because the dev made an error and added a feature but incorrectly claimed it was compatible with older ios or device versions.
- k-mcgrady 10y ago>> the app store allows device and os specific versions to coexist It does? How does this work (I'm an iOS dev but been out of it for a little while so genuinely curious)?
- g051051 10y agoI don't know the implementation specifics. But I can go out to the app store on my old iPad and download older versions of my apps. The problem is when the older version was updated incorrectly and is incompatible with my device/iOS version.