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by 1vuio0pswjnm7 406 days ago
"Because they want developers to use the latest version of their API."

But the parent commenter's company software did not need to be updated to be useful to the company. Its only purpose was to control hardware made by the company.

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As I said, it is useful for the users to have software that is complying with the latest version of the API, and it is good that Google is enforcing it
But the user here is the owner of the software and the hardware and is stating they do not want to keep releasing new versions.