I doubt many would disagree with that.

I lost the use of the eBay app (generally rubbish, but useful for notifications) back in April or whenever it was they released their update. My phone runs on Android 9 and can't be updated to a later version.

Since then I've also had to uninstall the John Lewis and Boots apps for the same reason - 'Your phone does not support the current version of the app'.

The app for Amazon - a massive company if ever there was one - still works fine. Hopefully, I haven't just jinxed that.

Some posters have reported that the eBay app doesn't work on their phones that are supposedly compatible.

*bleep* Jones in the film RoboCop (I'll do eBay's 'bleep', save the AI/mods a job) summed up the capitalist ideal of built-in product obsolescence when talking about his ED-209 project, which was released into the field without adequate testing and with known faults (sound familiar?). I can't remember the exact words, but it was along the lines of: "We've got contracts for 10 years - servicing, upgrades, spare parts... Who cares whether it works or not?"