alt Hacker NewsThis is nice in that Apple acknowledges that iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 devices still exist and are used. I wish third party developers would read that memo and get with the program. The App Store is becoming a ghost town of "This app stopped supporting your icky old device" warning messages due to app developers abandoning these phones.
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eviks • today at 6:24 AM
They got the memo... directly from Apple that drops fully functional phones with their SDK updates, only giving you tiny crumbs of security update once in a while
Apps don’t support devices, by and large. They support SDK versions. Targeting a 4 year old SDK means not using a fair chunk of new OS features, which translates to at least some lost sales and developer happiness.
I’m sympathetic with your point, truly, but I also get why devs would aim at newer OSes.