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As screens gain resolution pixels get smaller. At some point there's a trade-off between computation power and effect. At some point sub-pixel rendering is indi
by TehCorwiz 6y ago
As screens gain resolution pixels get smaller. At some point there's a trade-off between computation power and effect. At some point sub-pixel rendering is indistinguishable from pure integer pixel rendering to the human eye on higher-resolution screens.
100% speculation: Apple has a history of very narrowly supporting only their latest few generations of equipment. It's possible that they're ignoring "legacy" devices in these decisions with the justification probably being that "They'll buy a new one eventually anyway."
Edit: added missing words.
- tambourine_man 6y ago>Apple has a history of very narrowly supporting only their latest few generations of equipment. It has no such history, quite the opposite. You can install the latest OS on 5 year old phones and 8 year old Macs.
- danhor 6y agoI mean, that's only the latest few generations. Android is worse for sure, but Windows does seem to support old PCs as long as the specs aren't as so bad as to be beaten by an older raspberry pi.
- tambourine_man 6y ago> I mean, that's only the latest few generations. What do you mean by few? Apple releases new phones every single year and has for the past 12. 5 years means 5 generations.