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Oh, nice. So they break it because they don’t care about devs…or they break it to test which apps are active enough to still get paid.
by abakker 1y ago
Oh, nice. So they break it because they don’t care about devs…or they break it to test which apps are active enough to still get paid.
- shakna 1y agoGoogle's, somewhat difficult to swallow, official reasoning is: > Android 15 builds on the the changes that were made in Android 14 and extends this security further. In Android 15, apps with a targetSdkVersion lower than 24 can't be installed. Requiring apps to meet modern API levels helps to ensure better security and privacy.
- anal_reactor 1y agoSupporting legacy apps makes no money. Microsoft used to pour pure gold into backwards compatibility, but they stopped once they realized that nobody outside hackernews cares.