[bryanlarsen]

This upgrade is going to cost me a lot of money. They've dropped support for my beefy 2016 MBP. Soon enough the latest version of XCode is going to require Ventura and I won't be able to build my app.

Meanwhile, Linus is only just starting the discussion to drop the 486 from the Linux kernel.

[Suzuran]

This has more to do with the 486 (or clones of it) having adoption in embedded platforms that run Linux than Linux being reluctant to let support for old consumer-oriented hardware die. For example, Linux doesn't even bother with attempting to mitigate speculative execution vulnerabilities on Intel processors running in 32-bit mode, you are just told you are vulnerable and that's that.

[bryanlarsen]

What's the chicken and what's the egg? A large part of the reason that Linux is popular in embedded is because it has a long support period.

[Suzuran]

My point was that the support for 486 was being kept due to its embedded applications and not so someone with a 486-based desktop PC can expect to build a modern distribution on it and achieve full functionality equivalent to a modern machine.

[bryanlarsen]

Not all comment replies are disagreements.

[DavideNL]

This might be useful to you: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/

[tinus_hn]

Try running a major, modern Linux distribution on a 486.

[tolger]

No one is forcing you to upgrade. I still have a 2008 Mac running El Capitan and I can do everything I need to do on it.

[subarctic]

I used to think that, but at some point I noticed that homebrew was compiling dependencies instead of downloading compiled binaries, and found out it was because my OS was not in the most recent 3 versions.

[pohuing]

Can you compile for IOS 15? I'm stuck on big sur and can't connect to my iPhone anymore

[kcplate]

Literally just retired a 2018 MBP this year because the battery swelled up.

[kylec]

Will you need the latest version of Xcode? Could you continue to use an older version of Xcode to develop your app?

[muthuraj57]

I think latest version of XCode is needed if latest iOS is being targeted.

[pohuing]

Probably, imagine my shock when I upgraded my iPhone, enjoying ios15 only to realise that my dev machine has become useless and that I can't downgrade IOS either. Being used to Windows I was completely caught off guard by just how terrible the ecosystem is if you don't keep buying new devices.