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I fully understand your concerns, but still I believe that you aren't asking yourself the right question. Why do you need to port newer Android versions on olde

I fully understand your concerns, but still I believe that you aren't asking yourself the right question. Why do you need to port newer Android versions on older devices at all? It seems like the real problem to me. Why do running newer software must depend on a newer operating system? Do you believe that everything that is part of the android codebase is necessary to run a chat app? Part of the problem is that we seemingly gave up on trying to make software stable, and now we are wrongly putting the blame on hardware manufacturers for not wanting to spend their whole life supporting it

londons_explore 3y ago
Google will no longer let you upload an app to the store that is compatible with old android. Doing so is a privacy loophole, since newer OS's have stronger privacy protections.
- phh 3y ago
  As far as I know, that's wrong? You must "target" newer OS versions (to prevent loopholes as you mention), but you can still have whichever "min" OS version you want.
phh 3y ago
Looks like I mis-explained. There is no need to port newer Android versions on older devices. My point was literally that it doesn't make people keep their devices longer.