eli5: When an app updates, how are people on the old version still able to use it?

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I know this isnt the case 100% of the time but could someone pls explain. sorry im dumb and bad at tech

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An updated app is the same application with some recent changes. The old application didn’t change. It’s still a program that runs on your phone. Updating the app won’t affect usability of the old app unless the app maker tells its servers specifically to reject data from obsolete versions.

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