Goodbye, Ridiculous Fishing: How Android’s 32-bit purge erased my favorite classic games
Google and partners killed 32-bit app support, but this came at the cost of some of my favorite games.
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
Android has come a long way since its inception, and it’s delivered a ton of features I can’t do without. From the simple notification shade and permissions system to autofill and notification history, there are so many additions that are simply indispensable in my daily life.
Unfortunately, Google has also made some disappointing changes to Android over the years. This includes the Scoped Storage saga, which saw Google limiting storage access for apps, breaking many apps in the process, as well as a crackdown on calling and texting permissions. However, there’s one deprecated feature I really miss on recent Android phones, and that’s 32-bit app support.
