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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Mac App Store broken for old versions of macOS
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 18:40:16 +1300
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On 2025-02-08 05:32:31 +0000, Tyrone said:
> On Feb 7, 2025 at 6:53:09 PM EST, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It's not clear if this is a temporary problem or a permananent one. One
>> reason why having apps only downloadable from one source is a problem
>> for those of us still using perfectly working older devices - it's just
>> another part of enforced obsolescence by tech companies.  :-(
> 
> Who cares?  The Mac "App Store" is even more useless than the Windows "App
> Store".
> 
> Neither is necessary.  Everthing you want/need can be downloaded from the
> developers' websites.

Except MacOS itself, Apple's own apps (Pages, etc.), many other apps 
that the developers do not have on other websites.