Not to be too contrarian, but is there a solution which doesn't require me to buy a new phone? The link refuses to divulge relevant information on mobile browsers, and the app it's telling me to install isn't backwards compatible even a few years.

Separately, why is that the link to "the man"? Their Twitter profile isn't linked in HN, and I would've naively thought that asking them a question in reply to their HN comment would be a reasonable way to ask them about that HN comment.