That's what the article mentions already (and even has "reinstates" in the title).
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iOS 10.1 Reinstates 32-Bit App Alert, Warns Older Apps May Slow iPhone
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Of course hardware and planned obsolescence, nothing to do with devs that have not updated their apps in three years.
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No. iOS 10 is the fastest iOS release since iOS 6.
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I find it unprofessional and arrogant for developers to not update an app for three years and still expect to get paid for it.
- Signed, an actual developer
Maybe in your case. It was a pain to use on iPhone 6. Broken interface animations, puzzling haptic input, battery that would drain faster than you can say Hey Siri. Then there's the butt-ugly design to add insult to injury.
No. Downgrading to iOS 9.3.5 restored peace of mind.
Some people are having some issues here and there, as is fairly typical with any major OS update, while many aren't and even finding the new version better.
Just out of curiosity, take a look on Twitter with #iOS10. You won't notice a lot of users who found it better.
I find it better than iOS 9 and except for this and some other posts, I'm not going to twitter to extol the pluses of iOS 10. So my unscientific opinion that thread doesn't mean much in the overall context.
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The ultimate consequences:
1) Developer receives a flood of requests for "fixed" apps
2) Developer notes that their four year old game isn't selling enough to warrant to cost of updating across four iOS SDK versions
3) Developer pulls app from store; many developers choose to delete instead of delist because they don't plan to sell it again
4) Customers relying on iCloud instead of local (iTunes) backups lose the ability to ever reinstall the "deleted" app again
This is yet another reminder that iCloud is not a backup solution.
1) Developer receives a flood of requests for "fixed" apps
2) Developer notes that their four year old game isn't selling enough to warrant to cost of updating across four iOS SDK versions
3) Developer pulls app from store; many developers choose to delete instead of delist because they don't plan to sell it again
4) Customers relying on iCloud instead of local (iTunes) backups lose the ability to ever reinstall the "deleted" app again
This is yet another reminder that iCloud is not a backup solution.
Legacy support is why Bank ATMs still run Windows 95
Legacy support means more space wasted on every iPhone for 32 bit libraries
Legacy support means more memory wasted loading 32 bit libraries whenever a 32 bit app is opened
Legacy support means developers (and Apple) means more testing (and more opportunities for bugs)
Legacy support means APIs that weren't quite right to begin with have to be supported that way forever. That's a terrible thing.
Legacy support means Apple has to support older APIs that may have been replaced by far better solutions, and these older APIs may result in a poorer user experience for users using modern iOS.
I could go on.
It's fine to want Legacy support, but do not pretend that there is no cost to it.
Personally I am glad that Apple is pushing devs to stay current and up-to-date.