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Whenever I write about old software, it still strikes me how absurd it is that it’s easier to run software from the 90s and 2000s on a modern computer than it is to run an iOS app from 15 years ago.

30/9/26, 10:15 pm18 reposts141 likes

shork

@shork.xyz

shout-out to touchhle for making some old iOS apps playable again

Charlotte the Host Origami

@carolotta.me

computers being (seen as) less disposable has to be part of that. to get anyone to move you had to have stablish apis and, on the mac side, good emulation

Adam Gashlin

@hcs64.bsky.social

Easier to keep a pet snail than a rhinoceros

(🖬🖫). ₍^. .^₎⟆

@a.very.sleepy.galactic.furball.discatte.com

rip to all my 32bit homies

Natanael, Tech janitor

@natanael.bsky.social

Android could literally be moving old APIs into an emulation layer to preserve compatibility and security, and instead they just disable them entirely. They literally have a VM service in the OS now and more!

pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃

@doodlemancy.com

it sucks that phone apps are basically made to be disposable. like, i don't want software that i use like paper towels. i want all my software to be bath towels and hand towels and washcloths

jefg.bsky.social

@jefg.bsky.social

That's Apple's vision: Apple has all the control, your phone is an appliance, and everything is wrapped in DRM.