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One of the bigger changes to Android 14 is that Google is completely banning old app installs (kbin.social)
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But it is for security reasons - it is always about security reasons when old devices and now even old apps have to be thrown away.

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[–] anemomylos@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You have the obligation to use it since the manufactures doesn't gives updates to various versions of the OS, for example, if the device has version 13 and there is an update for 14 if you choose to not get the newer version you'll not get security updates for version 13. Also, newest devices will get only version 14 (or newer) and with the boot loader locked you can't install a different version of the OS.