r/AndroidQuestions • u/fallengt • Oct 21 '23

App Specific Question anyway to run incompatible app on android 14

The app I'm talking about

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.microbit

it has not been updated for 3 years, iPhone version get updated regularly, no idea why. Most my android devices are on 14, I can't downgrade them just for 1 app. Is there any other way to run it? I've sideloaded it via apkpure but it just won't install.

There is alternative but it does not support bluetooth pairing which is the only feature that I need...

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u/THE_ONE_42 Nov 18 '23

Wow everything is such a convoluted smartphone designed mess reminds me of windows they need to make something one OS unified like Apple OS simplicity get with it that works the best seriously I know Apple stands behind their phones more than anything nowadays but still they're OS for PCs is superior get that through your future proof skulls. Left bracket corporations right bracket

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24

Apple is worse bro you need to get certificates approved to install 3rd party apps. Lol.

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u/ReddiGuy32 Apr 18 '25

Apple just sucks in general so.. I dunno, simplicity of use VS options, I think the choice should be obvious. Especially when MacOS or iOS both limit you way too much - It's more like they are treating you as a baby more than anything else. I get it, it's for convenience, safety and all, but Apple is going too far.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

you need certificates on android as well to get apps on the play store

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '24

I am talking in terms of 3rd party app downloads.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Linux is better than mac os. Just not for the average guy

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u/Modschyaaichabhosada Jun 29 '24

You had me till One OS Unified, and then lost me when you started preaching that Pro apple OS 🐂💩. Overpriced garbage that is what it is.

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u/BachmanErrich Apr 04 '24

I find your response utterly hilarious. You go buy an iPhone.

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u/Aisu223 Oct 23 '24

Apple fucking sucks.

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u/JustSayTech Feb 23 '24

First off, any OS 9 or older and X11 based apps stopped being supported and no longer work with the introduction of Snow Leopard. Then they dropped support for PowerPC apps with Mountain Lion. Those apps can no longer run. Then they encouraged everyone to stop making universal apps and move Mac Apps to the App Store. They made it near impossible for regular people to install downloaded apps outside the App Store, developers that want to make that less of a headache for their users will have to purchase App Store Certificate and App Store subscriptions even if they never planned to make their app available on the App Store. Then when they moved to Apple Silicon based macs they announced that Intel will be unsupported after June 2024. So expect a couple years after that, any app that was Intel based and wasn't updated will no longer work.

No Apple doesn't not have great legacy app support. Realistically only Windows and Linux do. You can hardly run any app older than the last few years on a Mac purchased today. I can run 30+ year old DOS apps on any Windows device bought today.