Samuel
@samuel.fm
FYI: next week’s release will be the last version to support iOS 15. please update accordingly
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Miky
Psst, can I have some spoilers or hints about what's new in next week release? Or is it for stability? Regardless thanks for keeping us updated, even though well... I have Android 15 lol
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Onno Benschop
Frankly, comments like this make me *deeply* concerned about my longevity on this platform. I use a phone that's several years old and I have absolutely no interest in updating it until it physically fails beyond repair and comments like yours fly absolutely contrary to zero waste. #fail
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Samuel
we’re using the longest possible support matrix that we can. the most recent device that can’t upgrade past 15 is the iPhone 7, which came out 9 years ago and no longer receives security patches from Apple - it’s officially unsupported
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Samuel
also I can see from the stats that we have double-digit numbers of users on iOS 15
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Samuel
(also fwiw I am currently driving my iPhone 14 into the absolute ground)
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fry69
Just a shower thought: Would it be possible to support end-of-life devices via the web client? Maybe create a minimalistic version for old devices with a bare minimum of functionality? This could also have other uses for testing (or automations/agents...)
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Banda Bassotti
Some new web features (don't know which are used) will not work in that old version of safari. There's no good way to install a newer browser engine on iOS 15 either.
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Banda Bassotti
Officially unsupported, though the last security patch for devices stuck on it came out in May. (15.8.8) I am not expecting more.
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Ariel M. (she/her)
I do the same but also, I will upgrade if the phone isn’t supported by Apple (they have the longest support, which is why I stick with them) The only reason: security. If it’s not supported it becomes vulnerable to attack - stealing your data etc
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Samuel
yeah if you’re on iOS 15 you should probably update for reasons other than your Bluesky app…
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Tim
nice it's getting hard to find those vacuum tubes for repairs
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Hilary Baumann 💻 🥃
Debating how long I can keep the iPhone X going for beta testing things … (there’s a 4s that will turn on still but I did factor wipe it awhile ago.)
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Ariel M. (she/her)
i will admit i upgraded from my xr early bc i wanted a better camera 🙈 how old are those (x/xr) now? i have lost all sense of time
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Hilary Baumann 💻 🥃
2017? I had the iphone 13 pro after that but that's now the husband's phone because his iphone mini's speaker was breaking. I only upgraded to the 17 pro because his was breaking & there were already advancements that would have made the X too much a downgrade for him.
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ss
new architecture has broken buttons on ios 15. i would love you to fix or leave it on old architecture. please don't leave the app on a buggy release for ios 15 users.
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Banda Bassotti
Minimum becoming iOS 16, I assume. Is there anything specific that 15 is being dropped for?
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