You don't need to downgrade iOS if you never update it. I agree with some apps becoming unusable because vendors force updating. This is similar to all other in

You don't need to downgrade iOS if you never update it. I agree with some apps becoming unusable because vendors force updating. This is similar to all other industries though (albeit faster-paced): I can't play PS5 games on my PS4, it is hard to get replacement parts for my 10 year old vacuum. As I said, I'm still sporting a 11 year old iPad and using it for what it can do. It works for me. But I'm not expecting to use it like a modern iPad with modern software. I agree with the device reset, that sucks. I never had to do that so I hadn't thought about this.