The mentality of upgrades = bad / too erratic for long term if used unwisely, abused even...

Info here is not a deep techie look but basically "new" today is constantly "obsolescent-encouraging" or more temporary stuff shooting for the moon or claiming it's better.

So I'm not claiming any projects mentioned here are bad, but just I would prefer what can actually load in an "old(er)" browser!

I mean we have enough solutions already for everything at all levels and if we can stick to "old" protocols (unless really really revolutionary like WebRTC) then oldER = betTER or at least not to be exchanged - and newer is just a platform for more problems / high requirements that you can't rollback on.

Imagine Windows and realising once you do this, you can't go back! And you like features from before and in the new!

That is why you get Firefox add-on extension reverting people back to old or taking out the new... people are forced to new for using their banking or whatever but have to try find things to undo everything else...

YES the new is all trial and error / hit and miss but Tech seems to encourage the old to be tossed out and forgotten too early - it is BigTech at root after all (and don't you forget that despire your bubble) and as upgrades eventually are pushed / forced in exchange for bells, it's easily encouraged to be readily forgetting what works or try pretend "we can trip to the moon with this version better" ... I admit it cam ne hard to put finger on but I'm sure you know what I mean and have example you can add comments to here...

Things like Android needing a higher version of the same application - like why? And anyone that points to the 👉 "security problem" is likely just a parrot because "you should upgrade as it's no longer secure" and "for security reasons" you need Window 112 now...

Why can't I run the same calculator program on Android 4 now? (Android 4 = 10 years ago) ? Nothing big really changed but people still up the requirements and basically alienate oldER mobile users and retro-tech..

===================
MASTODON vs. Misskey / Iceshrimp, forks
===================
So I wasn't a fan of the Misskey and similar Mastodon forks FROM DAY 0 when I loaded it in my browser and saw it didn't load apart from the title (not even informative error message or reduced version available).

I mean newer stuff or forks could at least allow rendering to basics of site or skeleton like RSS does or more universally compatible version (I mean mostly it's a login box right?) so almost purely because most of they have very bloated UIs I skipped it! Call it picky but principle stands... and they could have done better to *accommodate* the old -(backwards-compatibility ) NOT make ultimatums / ignore them.

Not being able to be loaded by "old browsers" even 5years or less is a kind of bar I have with "new" bells-and-whistles style upgrading constantly moving the bar and deliberately requiring BigTech-style "upgrade now for another UI change or change in design"

==================
OTHER NOTES:
==================
* Iceshrimp wasn't on Wikipedia
but does redirect to Fediverse page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse

Do you have any favourite pages related / feature comparisons?

* Iceshrimp is A #csharp fediverse platform, forked from Calckey in 2023 (Firefish is formerly Calckey)

* Misskey was not designed as a distributed social network, so its main philosophy is not based on an decentralized approach...

========================
HASHTAG VERSION OF THIS POST!
========================
#Computing #Computers #New and #OlderNew

#RSS = good example for retro-tech because of it's backwards-compatibility with Universal / basic access by design/

#PlannedObsolescence #upgrades + bogus / parroted #Security reasons

#BigTech pushes tech - People just #parrot what's best

#Iceshrimp #Misskey #Mastodon #Firefox Forks aesthetics

========================
Final thought... To upgrade or Not?...

People do like the idea of new, even if it's old! (was just reading people upgrading their NAS software (running perfect for years) and then regretting it! Doh!
Tempting isn't it ?)