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Re:K-9 Mail is back by kortilla on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:22PM (#27942743)
Not supporting old OSes is fine. The blame is squarely on the phone manufacturer for not allowing upgrades to OSes that receive security patches.
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Re:K-9 Mail is back by selfhoster11 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:28PM (#27942799)
How do you imagine budget or mid-class 7 year old phones running a new Android release? The specs are too weak.
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Re:K-9 Mail is back by hulitu on Saturday July 24, 2021 @02:01PM (#27943085)
I would say the bloat is too big. The difference between Android 2 and 9 is some fine grained permissions.UI is the same.
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Re:K-9 Mail is back by selfhoster11 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:02PM (#27943986)
I agree, the bloat is significant. To nitpick, I'd say that the UI has actually worsened between 2 and modern versions.
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Re:K-9 Mail is back by remram on Saturday July 24, 2021 @02:21PM (#27943255)
You expect that none of Android would work but all of K-9 should work?
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Re:K-9 Mail is back by selfhoster11 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @03:58PM (#27943956)
Yes. K9 hasn't bloated much over the years, and I've been using it for the past 10 years so I'm quite certain of this.
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