No one is forcing apps to drop support. Apple has supported downloading the “last compatible version” since 2011-2012. And developers are free to support iOS 18. Why waste their time and resources when they know every iOS 19 user can upgrade to iOS 26?
Apple hasn't supported that, by the way, there are apps where you simply can't download the "latest compatible version"
Also you can't "buy it" even for free apps, you must've tied it to your account before.
And yes, it's also forcing by making it very hard to support older versions, see the side comment on SDKs.
they know every iOS 19 user can upgrade to iOS 26?
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No one is forcing apps to drop support. Apple has supported downloading the “last compatible version” since 2011-2012. And developers are free to support iOS 18. Why waste their time and resources when they know every iOS 19 user can upgrade to iOS 26?
Apple hasn't supported that, by the way, there are apps where you simply can't download the "latest compatible version" Also you can't "buy it" even for free apps, you must've tied it to your account before. And yes, it's also forcing by making it very hard to support older versions, see the side comment on SDKs.
Because not every user does? Obviously?
And the few who don’t aren’t worth my limited resources.