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It's important for platforms to support works of art indefinitely. It is not reasonable to expect, say, decade-old games to be updated (something that can invol
by sunshowers 3y ago
It's important for platforms to support works of art indefinitely. It is not reasonable to expect, say, decade-old games to be updated (something that can involve weeks or months of work because underlying toolkits may need to be updated as well). This was a huge issue when Apple killed 32-bit support.
Moves like this destroy trust within communities.
- BeFlatXIII 3y agoThat's how platforms are killed by neglect. They become locked into their old forms and become replaced wholesale instead of evolving piece by deprecated piece.
- sunshowers 3y agoI think there are many other solutions, such as producing a Wine-like layer in between. But that requires active effort and commitment.