So I’ve got an iPhone 4 that is doing sterling service as an internet radio in the kitchen, and whilst it’s not ‘cutting edge mobile tech’ anymore, it’s still probably got more processing power than my first PC, and certainly more than enough oomph to stream a bloody radio station. Now, I’m happy to just leave be and ignore the updates in preference of a thing that just works, but, no. Apparently ‘this app will stop working in January’ and the updated app is ios 8 and above; ie 4s and newer. There’s absolutely NO technological reason to stop my old phone working; it’s got an easy life and until January will be doing the job better than a dedicated internet radio that I’ve got. It’s purely a commercial reason, bunch of bastards. I HATE enforced, artificial obsolescence, and there should be a bloody law against it.
I bet tunein stops working on it too, soon. (I don’t like tunein for BBC stations because of the habit of the Beeb blocking certain programmes for ‘digital rights reasons’ whatever the **** that means). 😡