Totally disagree with this.
I was on iOS 6 for a year after iOS 7 came out. All of my apps continued to work fine. I never once complained that the devs weren't supporting me because I was on an older OS.
I'm not a gamer (I use my Macs for that) but I do use my phone for calls, texts and email. iOS 6 can still handle phone calls, iMessage/SMS and email! Facebook worked just fine too. And if it had broken I would have just used my browser.
And here's the thing. If Apple would allow that and people want to bitch about it then all they'd have to do is upgrade.
So, no, I don't buy this argument at all. Sorry!
very different for 1 year than for 3 years but you won't agree so...
If you want a phone that old and with old IOS just never upgrade it and have fun. How is Windows 3.1 by the way