This is out of the question for any normal user and is also not reliable at all. When you install a Jailbreak you are by default giving up on a plethora of apps which do proper checks and they won't work at all even if you try to bypass them (banking especially).
Older iOS versions have other problems as well. Safari is not an app that you can update, it's part of the OS. A lot of websites will simply stop working for you if your version is too old.
Re:You're making me buy a new phone
by vanilla_nut on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:20AM
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You have to run a version of iOS compatible with jailbreaking, and know how to jailbreak. And then you have to maintain your likely tethered jailbreak that doesn't persist through reboots. And accept that you'll never get any security updates, even for major vulnerabilities.
Sounds like a lot of hoop jumping and a lot of caveats. Even I, a pretty tech-savvy individual, wouldn't want to bother with that on my primary phone. Let alone ask a non-technical friend or family member to do so.
Re:You're making me buy a new phone
by WrtCdEvrydy on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:53PM
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I didn't say it was easy. It's made a pain in the ass by Apple themselves.
However, it's not realistic to say "it's impossible"
You can always download the app version that works for your phone using the Purchased section... the only real phone I have yet to be able to do this for is the iPhone 4 which did not have 64-bit apps.
My iPhone 5S and beyond all have access to every app that is available for 64-bit OS. It's often an older version of the app but that's kinda the Apple burden.