After Apple announced Dark Mode, I called up the dev who builds my startup's iOS app. We already had some dark-mode-like features in the app, but with this I was excited to make it global. Then he told me that if we want our iOS 13 users to be able to have a Dark Mode that is tied to the iOS 13 flag, users who are on iOS 12 or earlier. This killed the idea for me — I don't want to force people to upgrade from 12 to 13 (which has many bugs still), and I certainly don't want to cause problems for people with devices that are not supported by iOS 13.
I really wish Apple made it possible to give access to this feature without cutting off a significant portion of iOS users (including pretty much all schools, which are critical for us). Existing users can't upgrade, but new purchasers wouldn't be able to download at all.
I really wish Apple made it possible to give access to this feature without cutting off a significant portion of iOS users (including pretty much all schools, which are critical for us). Existing users can't upgrade, but new purchasers wouldn't be able to download at all.