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It's not unique to mobile devices either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence

• melling 12y ago
  And desktops. IE8 still has almost 20% market share. https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2&qpcustomd=0 https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qpr... XP looks like it will be with us long after people have upgraded to newer iPhones.
  • teamhappy 12y ago
    IE 8 has less than 5% in pretty much every other statistic. http://www.w3counter.com/trends http://www.w3counter.com/trends http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-browser-ww-monthly-201401-201501 http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-browser-ww-monthly-201401... https://www.stetic.com/market-share/browser/ https://www.stetic.com/market-share/browser/ http://clicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/versions/ http://clicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/versions/
    • melling 12y ago
      So, there's still an "IE6" effect, right. More so than an iOS 6 effect? Web developers must test and fix for IE8.
    • pjmlp 12y ago
      Those statics don't cover company internal websites.