# Apparently I'm going to be kicked off the boards (Discourse upcoming incompatibility){New cheap PC posts moved out}

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**Created:** [April 1, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-going-to-be-kicked-off-the-boards-discourse-upcoming-incompatibility-new-cheap-pc-posts-moved-out/1016432 "2025-04-01T00:38:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-going-to-be-kicked-off-the-boards-discourse-upcoming-incompatibility-new-cheap-pc-posts-moved-out/1016432/1 "2025-04-01T00:38:15Z")

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Says the banner at the top of the page"

> Your browser will soon be incompatible with this community. To keep participating here, please upgrade your browser or [learn more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/358131).

Says (in part) the explanation when I click on the banner:

> From 1st May 2025, Discourse will start using some modern browser features which are unavailable on iOS 15, and some other old browsers.
> 
> Discourse’s minimum supported iOS version will be updated from 15.7 to 16.7. After that, visitors using older versions of iOS will be shown a basic-html version of community content, and won’t be able to login or interact with the site.
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> [. . .]
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> This change will also affect older versions of other browsers. The minimum Firefox version with support for these features is v128 (July 2024), and the minimum Chrome(ium) version is v119 (Oct 2023).

My Firefox is updating – but it’s updating, on this old computer, as an alternative version, 115.21.0esr. I’ve no idea what Chrome is willing to do, though I can try to find out. I don’t particularly like Chrome; and it may not be willing to give me a new version either.

I might be able to get in on the iPad, which does take 16.7; but it’s a lot harder for me to browse the boards on the smaller screen, and a lot harder for me to type any responses.

I am not a happy camper. And I cannot afford a new computer.

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