Last week, we told you that Apple has started removing ‘abandoned’ apps that haven’t received updates from the App Store, and developers have 30 days to update their apps. Indeed, this week, app owners have started making complaints that their apps have been removed.
Apple’s statement was not delayed. In Apple’s statement on the subject, it was stated that the owners of the applications were kind of guilty and that no one had downloaded the applications anyway. Let’s look at the details of Apple’s statements.
Developers complain
Apple said in a statement, “As part of the App Store Improvements process, developers of apps that haven’t been updated in the past three years and haven’t met the minimum download threshold, ( receives an email informing them that their app has been marked for removal from the App Store. He gave his statements and said that for the deleted applications, “no one was downloading anyway”.
Several developers reported receiving these emails and stated that they have 30 days to update their apps or they will be removed from the store. The developers say that Apple’s stance and the time it takes to make changes are unfair to independent developers.
Developers also expressed deeper concern that Apple decided to delete an entire class of apps because it felt they didn’t belong in its store. To summarize the argument: Apple’s removal of these apps is akin to removing movies from the iTunes Store, as they appear with black bars on modern TVs.
What are your thoughts? Will this move by Apple make the App Store better or will it just make the developers victims? Do not forget to share your thoughts with us in the comment section below.
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