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signalapp / Signal-iOS

A private messenger for iOS.
https://signal.org
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Signal plans to drop support for iOS 14 soon #5823

Open plia7 opened 2 weeks ago

plia7 commented 2 weeks ago

I got iOS 14.4.1 with Signal version 7.14 and I got this message in the app: "Signal will no longer support your device's version of iOS soon. To keep using Signal, update your device to a newer version of iOS by 9/3/24. Update Now".

For how much time do you think we will be able to use the app? Not sure when Signal officially stopped supporting iOS 12, does anyone knows?

Apple ended active support for iOS 12 in September of 2019. Assuming it was matching Apple's date and based on one user on github (https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/5661) who mentioned he was able to use Signal version 6.28.0.11 for iOS 12.5.7 until September 2023, it means 4 years later.

So can the same be assumed for Signal for iOS 14?

Napoleon-BlownApart commented 1 week ago

I don't understand what the rational is to push out old iOS versions. After all, Signal isn't rocket science, it's just a messaging system.

plia7 commented 1 week ago

I don't understand what the rational is to push out old iOS versions. After all, Signal isn't rocket science, it's just a messaging system.

It's a voice call system in addition to messaging. Did you thumbs down my post or you meant to thumbs up it?

Napoleon-BlownApart commented 1 week ago

I thumbs downed it because I agree with you and am keen to get this resolved. I still run iOS 13.4 on my phone, have NO intentions of upgrading, and am unhappy that Signal no longer runs on it, but to what I consider an unnecessary bump in the Minimum deployment target. (Hence my comment about messaging.)

nick-n-dev commented 1 day ago

As someone who still uses an iPhone 5s (iOS 12.5) im pretty sure the team behind signal has absolutely no idea how costly "simply upgrading" your phone is, and think its completely fine to require users to spend $500+ on a new phone just because they decided to drop support.

Completely ridiculous.

plia7 commented 4 hours ago

I thumbs downed it because I agree with you and am keen to get this resolved. I still run iOS 13.4 on my phone, have NO intentions of upgrading, and am unhappy that Signal no longer runs on it, but to what I consider an unnecessary bump in the Minimum deployment target. (Hence my comment about messaging.)

Do you have Discord? I might have something good to share with you.