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Honestly, the only time ios has broken backwards compatibility is with 32->64 bit. And—not to minimize that, that is quite major, but that's pretty much the on

Honestly, the only time ios has broken backwards compatibility is with 32->64 bit. And—not to minimize that, that is quite major, but that's pretty much the only time it's happened.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
Have you ever actually tried to run early iOS apps on iOS 10? I have. I had an iPod Touch for a couple of years as a teenager, but then left iOS until I got an iPhone in college. Once I had the iPhone, I decided to go through my purchase history and re-download the apps I'd used on my iPod, for nostalgia's sake if nothing else. To my dismay, exceedingly few of the old apps worked, and most of those that did had major graphical glitches. (Not including apps which had been updated by the developer more recently, of course.)
- earenndil 7y ago
  > To my dismay, exceedingly few of the old apps worked, and most of those that did had major graphical glitches Link them to me and I'll try them out. I've never had that experience.
  - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
    I took a look, and it seems like a lot of them were removed from the App Store. If you happen to have any of these in your purchase history: * Convertbot * Tap Tap Revenge Classic / 2.5 / Dance * Roland 2 There were definitely way more, but I don't remember which ones, and now that I'm on iOS 12 I can't test any of them (all 32 bit). These are the three I specifically remember not working.
    - earenndil 7y ago
      Hmm, those seem to be gone and I never downloaded them before. Hah, guess the reason I've never noticed any compat issues is they removed the apps they broke compat with.
    - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
      *Rolando 2, with an "o" at the end. I hate catching typos after the edit window has closed.