Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need updates

Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by ghaff on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:31PM (#32988774)

So do you want to sift through a bunch of apps that don't work on the current version of the operating system or are otherwise significantly dated?

Even in a less wall gardened environment, I'm mostly not interested in running 10 year old applications unless they're something fairly simple that really does do everything required for the purpose and still runs reliably.

In any case, as a user, I probably figure that if an app hasn't been updated in five years, it may or may not work and I'll probably at least subconsciously resent the store's owner a bit for clogging up the store with old stuff.

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by trap_goes_hot on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:42PM (#32989559)

>I'm mostly not interested in running 10 year old applications unless they're something fairly simple that really does do everything required for the purpose and still runs reliably.

The 10 year old version of AutoCAD still runs, and you can use it today to do a ton of high-value CAD work. Thanks to Microsoft for not arbitrarily blocking it from running.

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by ghaff on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:52PM (#32989667)

Yes. But that’s a case of having an old version of a program that you know still runs on a given platform. That’s rather different from looking for a CAD program and deciding to take one that hasn’t been updated for ten years for a spin.

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by trap_goes_hot on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:27PM (#32989959)

Backwards compatibility benefits current, and future users. I agree that "hasn't been updated" is a concern, but you can also look for "hasn't needed to be updated". If you can obtain a legal copy of 10 year old software, you can use it for the fraction of the cost of the new version.

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by jonathankoren on Monday September 26, 2022 @10:42PM (#32991059)

> So do you want to sift through a bunch of apps that don't work on the current version of the operating system or are otherwise significantly dated?

This is precisely why Google only indexes webpages written in English and are focused on the American market.

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by ghaff on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @10:55AM (#32996075)

When I do a search in English, Google absolutely returns mostly web pages written in English. And, yes, it would be very annoying to the point of being useless if it did otherwise. Presumably if you query it in French, I assume it returns mostly French pages.

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by jonathankoren on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @11:13AM (#32996379)

So… Do you think this solution could be applicable here?

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by andybak on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @09:32AM (#32995001)

Which is fine - if there was any other place for iOS apps for those of us that did want niche/old/obscure/historical apps.

Also - there's a cultural preservation issue here as well. That bothers me.

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