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It’s not the exact same situation. It’s a completely different situation. These apps need to use the OS APIs, otherwise there is no hope for them. The German a
by arrrg 6y ago
It’s not the exact same situation. It’s a completely different situation.
These apps need to use the OS APIs, otherwise there is no hope for them. The German app uses those APIs, the Australian one does not. While there are obviously trade-offs involved with the OS APIs, it's not hopeless like this clusterfuck.
- arendtio 6y agoWhy not use the OS APIs when available and provide a hack/fallback for old Phones which don't have those APIs?
- arrrg 6y agoWhy would that be worth the effort? Support is pretty far-reaching and picking up marginal old phones isn’t that important.
- arendtio 6y agoI have no statistics at hand but the Android ecosystem is known for having a lot of old phones. Since the corona apps are not about reaching the wealthiest, but about reaching as many people as possible it might be worth the effort.
- arendtio 6y agoIn this article you can find statistics about the amount of old Android versions still in use: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/lets-encrypt-comes-up-with-workaround-for-abandonware-android-devices/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/lets-encrypt-comes-u...