Tell HN: Chrome and Spotify dropping support for macOS11

9 points by Kalanos 1y ago ↗ HN

My 2014 MacBook Pro is locked to macOS 11.7.10

Chrome: "To get future Google chrome updates, you'll need macOS 12 or later"

Spotify: "Your OS is out of date. To enjoy Spotify's latest features, upgrade to a newer version."

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This is why unlocked bootloaders and published specs are important, even if you don't care about free software ethics. You should have the right to run any software you want on your hardware.

paulcole 1y ago ↗

It’s an 11 year old computer. How long specifically do you believe you should be continuing to get OS updates?

nextos 1y ago ↗

You can get newer macOS versions for old hardware with: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

You may want to consider Linux as well, Macs from that era are pretty standard x86_64 hardware that are generally well supported.