Just because an app is old, does not mean that it is not usable or bad. Let's look at games for example.

You're thinking that every Android device is reasonably new. This is not the case.

There's devices running Android from >12 years ago that can't get apps any other way than F-Droid because Google Play Services no longer work.

We don't do planned obsolescence in the software freedom world. We keep old software and hardware usable way past its intended expiration date. If something is usable and does the job there's no reason to throw it away - and, remember, since it's free software anyone interested can fork it and bring new life to it.

Of course, with old software and hardware there are security considerations to keep in mind - I wouldn't use an abandoned web browser, for instance. But for any app that has no network access and no or very little attack surface there's no harm in using it as long as it suits your needs.

https://lemmy.ml/c/fdroid

Please no

This whole post is so funny, because by reading the comments I think OP tried installing GL Tron of all games and it didn't work for some reason, spotted that it was last updated 12 years ago and thinks that's why it doesn't work on modern phones and now everybody here (me included) is having a great time playing GL Tron on their even more modern phones. 😂

Also this is the exact reason, F-Droid shouldn't remove apps. Because the algorithm cannot know if the app is just completed and works even 12 years later or whether it's abandoned and stopped working 2 months later.

Edit:

Just for the record, I have looked through droidify because of their "all apps by last updated"-list and scrolled all the way down.

The "most abandoned app" is Trolly. A shopping list app with too many permissions.

The "most abandoned game" is DroidAtomix which seems unplayable on my phone. The next "better" game is Replica Island which does still work, but is not that much fun to play tbh.