Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhy is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us?www.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkWhy is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us?www.androidpolice.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squarePxtl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoHonestly, as somebody who really loved the early era of Android gaming, I’m really disappointed how ephemeral it all was between the Play Store delistings and the absolutely atrocious approach to backwards compatibility in the Android OS.
minus-squareatocci@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoSeriously, I can’t run a 32 bit game on a 64 bit processor? How is that even a problem on newer phones?
minus-squarerickrolled767@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThey probably removed certain libraries that are used by 32 bit programs
minus-squareඞmir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThey removed the 32-bit libraries from the system so they don’t have to be loaded, to save RAM.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoAt least we have forums archiving the games themselves.
Honestly, as somebody who really loved the early era of Android gaming, I’m really disappointed how ephemeral it all was between the Play Store delistings and the absolutely atrocious approach to backwards compatibility in the Android OS.
Seriously, I can’t run a 32 bit game on a 64 bit processor? How is that even a problem on newer phones?
They probably removed certain libraries that are used by 32 bit programs
They removed the 32-bit libraries from the system so they don’t have to be loaded, to save RAM.
At least we have forums archiving the games themselves.