cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47871545
🌐 Many companies now block older browser versions from accessing their websites!
This follows many browser makers ending updates 4 older operating systems, leaving legacy devices unable to use web services without an OS upgrade.
This kinda reminds me of the Java website block by browsers a few years ago, just in reverse. (Revenge? ;)
Old Android versions are also increasingly blocked from accessing the Google appstore.
Truly about security or perhaps Planned Obsolescence?
Update: “old devices can only use old os > old os can only use old browser > old browser cannot use web> poor uneducated people = screwed once again!”
“Only suggesting corporate browsers, kinda like an ad.”
I built a webapp for work, and when a new PR firm / subcontractor entered the picture, they complained that it didn’t work. I spent hours pulling my hair out until I figured out that they were using a seven year old version of Safari. Apparently, their laptops stopped receiving system updates from apple, and you can’t upgrade safari alone. As someone who has never used an Apple computer, this blew my mind.