[_aavaa_]

Yes.

> if it stops working.

It doesn't magically stop working though, it would be apple explicitly putting in effort to break this functionality and forcing you to update a device you own, forcing you to use it only how they want you to use it.

[gsck]

https://xkcd.com/1172/

[mulmen]

It doesn’t require Apple deliberately breaking this product. They could change the required functionality for an unrelated reason.