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>Should the 9 year old iPad air still be supported with new browser versions? Maybe. 9 years seems beyond the norm. Why shouldn't it? It's a perfectly usable d
by _dain_ 5y ago
>Should the 9 year old iPad air still be supported with new browser versions? Maybe. 9 years seems beyond the norm.
Why shouldn't it? It's a perfectly usable device. Why should it have to go to landfill?
- frumper 5y agoIt doesn't need to. The website developer chose to use new language features that older devices aren't likely to support. If your website needs users to upgrade their OS or browser to use it, then you should be comfortable with some people not being able to use it.
- bee_rider 5y agoI mostly object to the article which seems to be pretty explicitly pointing the finger at the web developer, for using 2 year old, standard features of their language. There's a problem between the user and the device manufacturer here. A decade seems like a long time for first-party support but as I said in the sentence immediately after the one you quoted, a device should be required to be opened up when it is no longer supported.