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How much fucking upkeep can an app require to operate a pair of shoes?
You're questioning the sanity of people who even develop shoes that need an app
I'm not questioning sanity, I'm questioning why an app that does nothing but send commands over Bluetooth or whatever needs any maintenance whatsoever.
Android isn't stable is my guess
Inevitably what happens after 5 years is that someone reports that the app doesn’t work well with a newer version of iOS or Android, and the person that led the engineering on it is gone, because much of your engineering org has turned over after 5 years.
Then a new person jumps into the old project, finds out that it’s had 1 active user last year, then they question why they have to spend a week bug fixing something for one end user.
As a developer, this is the answer. I can't wait for the day I can finally stop supporting old Amazon Kindle devices.