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"Cannot download. This app is not compatible with your device."

Um…what? I'm on an iPhone 5! Not that ancient!

Content blockers require a 64 bit CPU. This is an Apple requirement

I expected that, but that's an unfortunate side effect of coupling the new browser app with the previous content blocker app.

(Just found out that it's not compatible with my iPad 4)

Yes this is unfortunate. I will check if we can somehow release the app for all devices. But I am afraid that will result in a difficult to message situation.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1318363

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is Apple's ecosystem. 2 years is the very real artificial lifespan of "current" whether we like it or not.

Fun fact: I still have an iPad Mini 1 running some very ancient version of iOS that I use once in a while for single-page browsing. It gets the job done for very short sessions. I'm amazed the battery is still good.

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