For context, currently 97.5% of active iOS users are on iOS 18 or above, meaning that 97.5% of iOS users are able to use Mlem.

Supporting a version incurs an ongoing development cost for us. Changes we make have to be tested on more versions, and we're limited in which of Apple's APIs we can use. Dropping support for older versions allows us to focus our time on making Mlem the best it can be for the majority of users, as a modern iOS app.

With our current development capacity, it is not feasible for us to re-add support for iOS 17. You can find more details by reading our compatibility plan here.

Apple supports older devices for 5+, sometimes even damn near 10 years with feature and security updates. Regardless of if you agree with the feature changes, you should ALWAYS update to the latest iOS for security.

So it’s fine if apps only support current versions. This also allows them to adopt new tech which is great (Mlem is still one of the only third party apps that’s adopted Liquid Glass, along with randomly github, and that’s partly due to not worrying so much about older iOS)

Apple takes a lot of time to drop support for a device so I think it’s okay

Apollo supports IOS 17, 16, 15.

I thought Apollo was gone.