Not sure if its Google or the ACLU, but infuriating nonetheless.

  • hyperhopper@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This means the app devs refused to make their app work with modern phones for YEARS. no real excuse there.

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      1 year ago

      Less than 2 years since the last update here.

      The phone I currently use is more than 2 years old.

      I’m gonna go with more than mildly infuriating.

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        It’s not about when the app last updated, it’s if they updated the code to use the modern interface.

        They didn’t.

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        App updates must specify a target SDK of >= 31 which has been out for 2 years. There are lots of reasons around security and privacy mostly. https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/11926878?hl=en

        You can still have a minimum of API 21 (Lollipop from 2014) and ship to those older devices.

        To get that warning, they’d have to have a target of <=30 and less than your device. I don’t know what phone you have, but 30 is 3 years old.

        The app publisher needs to step up their game.