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Google will no longer let you upload an app to the store that is compatible with old android.

Doing so is a privacy loophole, since newer OS's have stronger privacy protections.

As far as I know, that's wrong? You must "target" newer OS versions (to prevent loopholes as you mention), but you can still have whichever "min" OS version you want.

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