Dropping iOS 15 & other old browsers in July 2025

[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

@unknown_error

Note: If you are using Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or macOS 10.12, 10.13 or 10.14, then please download ESR 115 in order to use Firefox.

On older OSes even the ESR won’t update past 115 and users are seeing the banner. They cannot afford a newer computer right now.

Have you considered dual booting Linux? Or even just running it on a flash drive?

In theory from what David said about Firefox 115 that Mozilla has extended security updates for awhile yet.

It does suck when OSes and old software discontinued support. But is inevitable. This is where Linux often comes to the .

@unknown_error

Some of these communities have been around for decades, since before Discourse itself, and are suddenly faced with losing members due to a minor software tweak that no users asked for.

While not recommended as it poses security issues. I believe you can lock your discourse instance from upgrading. But then any issues/bugs will remain in place. Maybe a more advance warning of using outdated browsers could be more advertised that it will brake at some point with possible ETA.