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Re:iOS 11 reviewed by scarface74 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @12:51PM (#15286342)
Do you realize how many security vulnerabilities have been found in Windows caused by supporting legacy apps?

I have some 32 bit apps that already don't work with newer versions of iOS.

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Re:iOS 11 reviewed by romwell on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:24AM (#15291047)
Do you realize that "legacy apps" are much more important to people who use them than the hardware that it runs on?

Apple is a hardware company, and its need reason to push it. But what I do with hardware is run applications, and the applications matter more to me than the shiny (or not) box they run on, insofar as the box has the hardware to provide the UX that makes the software usable.

I am not talking in abstract; when Everyday Looper goes, iOS will lose about half its value to me.

(See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzQLRPwZjIo for usage example).

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Re:iOS 11 reviewed by scarface74 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @06:10AM (#15292133)
Do you realize that "legacy apps" are much more important to people who use them than the hardware that it runs on

Seeing that Apple is the most valuable company in the world and they have a long history of abandoning legacy software (Apple //e, 68K, PPC, and soon 32 bit x86) and moving customers with them, that statement doesn't jibe with the reality on the ground.

What are the chances that people won't upgrade their iOS devices because they want to run an abandoned 32 bit app?

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Re:iOS 11 reviewed by 0x0 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:23PM (#15297866)
All the other transitions could be handled by virtualization and emulation, and the software and the corresponding data files could be copied between file systems and drives, so if you have built a workflow around a legacy app, you could still access it on new hardware.

But iOS being such a locked down and closed platform means there is currently no way to preserve legacy apps or the data stored within installations. This is why dropping 32bit legacy app support is such a big deal.

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Re:iOS 11 reviewed by npunt on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @05:19AM (#15291904)
Looks like everyday looper added 64 bit support in an update last week, fyi.
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Re:iOS 11 reviewed by romwell on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:54PM (#15299723)
Good news for me, thank you!
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