Ok, then I’m wrong about this point
Which feature exactly, for a login/login button process? How did you do, before iOS 14?
I can login on my bank and to many other services that do require security. But I can’t login on Discourse, which is a forum. A very nice and modern one, but still, a forum.
No misunderstanding there;)
I perfectly understand that Discourse wishes that I upgrade my phone, which will make it slower. Which, eventually, will make my phone obsolete. And, in the end, will be an incentive to buy a new phone. By running after the updates, the lifespan of a smartphone is significantly reduced. At some point my old 3GS iPhone did need 4-6 second to send a SMS. While mobile phones have been able so send SMS, smoothly, faster, for decades. Sometimes it’s worth questioning what we’re doing…
The whole system is based on “software update, then hardware upgrade”. People update their OS, the phones get less reactive, people buy new phones, the marketshare of the previous generation decreases, which serves as a justification for service provider to drop support, and so forth an so on.
Discourse was perfectly working when iOS 14.8 was out there. It was working when iOS 12 was working out there too.
So. Why don’t you “freeze” a version for these iOS ? There are desktop version, mobile versions. Why don’t you keep a “Legacy version” with basic functionalities, on which users with “old” smartphones would be redirected?
What kind of special feature make the login so impossible with iOS 14.8 ? (While it was possible1 year ago)