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by nicholassmith 4662 days ago
iOS apps are encouraged to use the latest APIs to keep things moving forward so the hardware is used to it's fullest.

When Apple did the architecture shift from PowerPC to Intel they provided the Rosetta bridge that allowed PowerPC code to be ran under Intel architectures. They introduced that in 2005 and removed in in 2011. Developers had a pretty long time to get over it.