XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-07-17 21:09:49 +0000, Tom Elam said:   
   > On 7/12/2025 11:40 AM, Marion wrote:   
   >> If you update the OS version, at some point, one by one, the apps will   
   >> start crashing (which we proved already for you Apple MAGA morons).   
   >   
   > Based on family experience an app on a 2011 Gen 2 iPad quite working   
   > when about 2022 when he latest app version was not compatible.   
      
   Apps do not and cannot suddenly stop working, except in two situations.   
      
   An app is used for internet-based services (e.g. DropBox, Twitter,   
   Adobe's Photoshop with Neural Filters) where changes *at the server   
   end* mean the old app can no longer connect to the new server software.   
      
   Old apps can sometimes no longer work on a newer version of the   
   operating system due to changes in the OS itself. If the app developer   
   has not made a newer version of the app, then you have to use an   
   alternative app instead.   
      
   None of this is Apple-specific nor is it anything new. It has been   
   happening ever since computers started getting operating system updates   
   back in the days of Windows 1 and Mac System 1, or even earlier with   
   the likes of different versions of DOS. Even things like your expensive   
   old 'smart' speaker may no longer work if you update the software on   
   your home hub.   
      
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