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My Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0" runs Android 4.2, and I use it to watch videos and play music when practicing piano or exercising



I'm not saying _nobody_ uses those devices, I'm just saying they're sufficiently old that saying _my app supports Android 3.x_ is moot, because the usage on that API will be near 0 anyway, so you never really know if you _support_ that version outside of any testing that you might be doing. Android 4 and lower have estimated share of 0.3%-0.7% depending on a source ([1], [2]). Of course HN users will be more likely to have those devices too. And then of 0.5% users that maybe will install the app some will have no issues, some will have issues but not notice, some will notice but not bother reporting.

[1] https://apilevels.com/ [2] https://www.composables.com/tools/distribution-chart




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