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Apple Removed 47,300 Outdated iOS Apps From App Store in October of 2016
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I probably have half of these apps currently on my Mac. It bugs me when the really useful apps aren't ever updated. Oh well, such is life.
The inexorable march towards update after update is slightly annoying. It means that there are no legacy apps that work and don't require updates and constant development as a result. I love the refinements of updates but any old apps should just be hidden by newer versions of iOS rather than removed. If they worked on old phones with old os then why not? Apple is a very all or nothing company and i'm not really very keen on their current approach to obsolesce over time.
exactly
but Aple has always been such a company. And they do update the next version so just for that would not be such as Android.
Apple is so full of crap. It isn't old software that slows down devices, it's new software like iOS upgrades!
It's pretty hypocritical of them to remove supposedly out of date software from the app store, when most of their hardware hasn't been updated in YEARS.
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It's pretty hypocritical of them to remove supposedly out of date software from the app store, when most of their hardware hasn't been updated in YEARS.
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This makes me wonder how many of these 40,000 apps are from other developers who have abandoned the platform.
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This is actually pretty typical behaviour for Apple. Once you get past the marketing BS, they are one of the most unpleasant, ruthless, unethical and deceptive companies you will ever encounter.
Aha this might finally explain those apps that keep mysteriously saying an update is available yet won't update
Now if only there were a fix w/o removing said apps that can appease my app OCD
Now if only there were a fix w/o removing said apps that can appease my app OCD
And just what is wrong with expecting developers to update their apps for iOS 10? As a user, why wouldn't I want my app to be optimised for the latest OS and (ideally) supporting the newest and latest APIs?
The news was made known way in advance, and developers have had plenty of time to react. They chose not to, and so consequences were meted out.
But Apple also knows whether that app will work under their top-secret potential prototypes for iOS 11+. Why let someone buy an app that won't work in a few months?
Updates to apps including armv6 compatibility hasn't been supported by Xcode (or OS X) for several years now. But if a developer updates their app for arm64, customers seem to still be able to download the last compatible previous version (for iOS 3.1 armv6, 6.1 armv7, etc.) to their old devices from the App store, if the developer allows it (which they may or may not want due to bugs or support issues, etc.)
Trying to be as minimalist with apps despite the overwhelming number out there. A purge by Apple does seen necessary.
That feature was introduced in iOS 4, so works back to iPhone 3G/3GS, iPad 1, etc. iPhone 2G & iPod Touch 1 are stuck at 3.1.3.