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What do I need to do if I want to use my old 4th gen iPad in 2023? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Templa@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I recently was able to get back my 4th gen iPad that I used for university and got excited to start using it again just for basic stuff like searching stuff on the browser, reading comics and such. However I quickly realized that I was unable to download anything from the AppStore as my iOS version is 10.3.4 and apps like Firefox request at least iOS 14. This wouldn't be an issue if I still had the apps downloaded but it isn't the case.

I was able to re download a few apps through the Purchased tab on the AppStore but some of them are not available anymore (ComicFlow for example). So yeah... What now?

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[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here for my ipad mini

It's planned obsolescence as I can still install (almost) whatever I want on an older Nexus 7 (it's unusably slow by modern terms but if I really wanted...)

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I hate it so much. And it pretty much happens with any piece of technology.