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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The loafer" data-source="post: 277891" data-attributes="member: 1434">Is IOS 10 when they forced all apps to go 64bit?  Not sure but I kept my ipad pro 12.9" on an older IOS because if I upgraded, I have hundreds of $$$ of apps that can not longer be used.  If that's the case, moving forward Farsight has now lost a customer.I don't put this one on Farsight but rather on apple.  They can say it's due to security issues but at the end of the day, not making the newer IOS' backwards compatible with 32 bit is not right.  My ipad air isn't THAT old.  Can you imagine our reaction if Microsoft after 4 years would say "sorry you upgraded?  Too bad, you just lost the ability to run half your apps because the devs wouldn't update them, don't exist anymore, etc.  Come again!"  We'd all freak out, but because ios is built on top of a hardware cycle that's ingrained us to think "replace after 3-4 years, it's like most don't think it's a big deal.  I suspect it's actually because people Thankfully I don't have to upgrade but man, one day one of my daughters boyfriend was trying to do a good deed and downloaded the newest update and was about to run it.  With no way of turning back to previous iOS, I would have had no choice but to eliminate him <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Overall, love my ipad, love my iPhone and think the WORLD of my apple watch but when it comes to tablets, probably looking at a windows solution in the future.Hmmm. a google search seems to indicate the forced 64bit was when ios11 was released so I may still be ok for a while.  Goodness I really hope my future pinball apps like Pinball fx3 and zacarria updates don't require ios11 though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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