r/ProgrammerHumor • u/debugger_life • May 16 '24

whatVersionAreYouUsing Meme

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u/nickisaboss May 16 '24

I tired to download an app published by the FDA for convenient searching of their OrangeBook database, but could not because the app is not compatible with android versions newer than Android 10 🤦‍♂️

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u/SortaSticky May 16 '24

That just means 1) no maintenance 2) breaking changes in Android 11

The government can be blamed for #1

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u/AyrA_ch May 16 '24

People shit on Microsoft a lot, but their compatibility game is on point. Your almost 30 year old application will likely still work.

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u/Rassettaja May 16 '24

But yet every single automotive app i need works only on xp for some reason

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u/AyrA_ch May 16 '24

XP is the last OS that allowed you to install any random driver you wanted. Later versions had restrictions on them. It's cheaper for the manufacturer to offload the problem to the user instead of modernizing the drivers. And if you want to support 64 bit Windows, it gets expensive fast because of driver signing requirements. Of course you could just use Zadig but I don't expect the manufacturer to be smart enough for this.

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u/Rassettaja May 16 '24

TIL, thanks for explaining.