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> Minimum Target SDK Enforcement Blocks installation of apps that target ancient versions of Android and legacy APIs. Funny to list a user-hostile change as th

by stymaar 1mo ago

> Minimum Target SDK Enforcement Blocks installation of apps that target ancient versions of Android and legacy APIs. Funny to list a user-hostile change as the first “improvement” that comes to mind. I guess GP should have said “series of cosmetic changes, and breaks in your UI habbits and a few of your apps deemed too old”.

skorp01 27d ago
Minimum Target SDK is the opposite of user hostile. Privacy and security changes are added to the SDK consistently. Apps that fail to comply with that SDK are much more of a privacy risk. Feel free to look at the AOSP SDK changes for each major version that's released and you will see many of these examples. Apps that failed to keep up with these changes, regardless of licensing, should be avoided and ultimately removed from availability. The deprecation of 32-bit apps is another example of this.