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by hansvm 1596 days ago
Just off the top of my head, OS updates are mandatory if you do any mobile banking.

Banking apps have mechanisms to check if there's an update available and not give access unless you install it. You then can't install the app update unless the OS is sufficiently new.

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But that's the bank choosing to do that for security reasons, not the operating system developer