Posts by Tony Meyer
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Hard News: The not-so-Evil Empire, in reply to Tom Ackroyd,
No, if you're updating on the device itself, it will explain that a newer version is required. If you're updating the apps in iTunes, then the newer version will be downloaded (iTunes doesn't try and predict/track what versions of all the devices that syncs with it are using), but the new version of the app won't sync to the device (there will be a warning explaining why the app cannot be synced).
The only way that an existing app can stop working because of failing to update is if it uses an external system (e.g. third-party service or the servers belonging to the developer) - which is common - and there's a change that isn't backwards compatible, requiring the new version of the app to work. (And possibly the new version of the app requires a newer version of the OS than the old one).
Given that updates are free and do not require a CC, this hardly seems unfair.