Upgrading of older ipod touch

I believe that the apple company should consider the upgrading of older ipod touch and take action for us, customers, who have such devices and need an upgrading to newer operating system on an old version of ipod touch.

Many newer apps require iOS versions later than iOS 4.2.1 which is probably what you're using. It's all part of a vast conspiracy to get us to buy new stuff all the time.
You can determine requirements for the apps you want to buy by searching for them in the iTunes App Store:

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