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By keeping backwards compatibility that far back you give up on a large set of features. My guess is that Jerboa needed some feature that only exists from Android 8 and above and they didn't want to reinvent wheels.
Probably it would be best if you try to get a used phone with an more up to date Android version.
I've gotten to the point that I think that any new software release of something like Android or Firefox is likely to make it worse than before. Reddit was another example. So I resist. What feature could they possibly want from Android 8 that wasn't in earlier versions? If it was the dev kit (Jetpack) then I can sort of understand, but Android 7 has plenty of user level features, and apps such as RedReader that work fine. I'd be delighted with a RedReader port for Lemmy.
The idea of buying another phone and making more e-waste just to deal with version churn is distasteful to me. I might get interested if I can find a phone that supports Lineage really well, but otherwise I'd rather keep using what I have until it falls apart (it is getting there).
Thanks though.
I guess it's time for you to get into app development and find out firsthand.> I might get interested if I can find a phone that supports Lineage really well
Literally every single Google phone. Get a second hand last gen one if you're actually about reducing e-waste and that's not just an excuse.
What phone do you use? You can try out the custom roms that can upgrade your phone and help you avoid e-waste.