Technology giant Google will clear almost a third of apps from the Play Store. Applications that have been abandoned by developers and have not received updates for a long time will be hidden from users. Hidden apps cannot be downloaded by users. So, how many apps will it remove from the Google Play Store? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
Google will clear 9 hundred thousand apps from the Play Store!
Technology giant Google will clear 869,000 applications from the Play Store in order to ensure user safety and provide a better service. This number corresponds to almost a third of the total number of apps in the store. The company will base it on whether it has received updates for two years when cleaning applications. In other words, applications that have not been updated by application developers for a long time will be removed from the store. Users will not be able to download after Google hides apps.
Apple also announced that it will delete abandoned apps from the App Store that have not received updates for a long time. The total number of applications that Apple will remove was 650,000. The company, which called the application developers by sending an e-mail, gave them the opportunity to update in advance.
Application developers stated that they were not satisfied with Google’s plans to remove applications from the Play Store. Developers consider this stance by Apple and Google to be unfair. However, both companies do not plan to change their minds to ensure user safety, despite the reactions from the developers.
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