How Apple broke apps on old phones

Blindsided by Bitcode. Another Apple bug tale, this one almost un-testable, and a bit of a lesson on privacy.

Andy Dent
Touchgram
Published in
7 min readFeb 1, 2022

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Four phones representing different OS versions, with crosses and ticks to indicate only iOS15 OK.

Apple in December 2021 broke apps on phones running iOS earlier than the current version 15. This affected developers all around the world, including Touchgram. Anyone releasing an app update from early December onwards was…

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Andy Dent
Touchgram

Touchgram interactive messaging CEO/Founder looking for art, sound & advertising partners. Martial artist. Parent of adults. Coder & designer 30+yrs. Australian