Isn't that a nice meme?
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You know that there have been more changes than that. But I guess why pass up a chance to attack somebody with a little bit of lying.
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Apple to Clean Up App Store, Eliminate Outdated and Non-Functional Apps
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Great, because there is a Gresham's law of software just like the one for money. If people have to wade through dozens of apps and buy two or three apps to fine one works, they stop searching. I think it very annoying that I usually spend more money than the cost of the apps I choose because I have to buy two or three apps to find one that works.
Those us old enough to remember the console software of early 1980s saw a vast flood of crappy games piled into carts in department stores and sold for $0.99 regard of their quality because no one could tell a good game from crap. Kids used to just shovel up $10 bucks of apps and hope they hit something descent. It caused the collapsed of the first game console market.
The apple store has the same problem . Hundreds of thousands of apps, many abandonware, other not updated for 3 or more OS upgrades.... but still work fine. You just never know. Got maybe three apps in the inexpensive utility range no for every one that I actually use. People could get just as fatiqued with the app store as they did carts of console games.
Having all that garbage makes it night impossible to search, never minding that the categories are way to broad. It really looks like the App Store was never designed with the idea it would sell hundreds of thousands of Apps but just a few hundred or a couple of thousand at most. I think it's a victim of it's own success but it should have been updated long before know.
Those us old enough to remember the console software of early 1980s saw a vast flood of crappy games piled into carts in department stores and sold for $0.99 regard of their quality because no one could tell a good game from crap. Kids used to just shovel up $10 bucks of apps and hope they hit something descent. It caused the collapsed of the first game console market.
The apple store has the same problem . Hundreds of thousands of apps, many abandonware, other not updated for 3 or more OS upgrades.... but still work fine. You just never know. Got maybe three apps in the inexpensive utility range no for every one that I actually use. People could get just as fatiqued with the app store as they did carts of console games.
Having all that garbage makes it night impossible to search, never minding that the categories are way to broad. It really looks like the App Store was never designed with the idea it would sell hundreds of thousands of Apps but just a few hundred or a couple of thousand at most. I think it's a victim of it's own success but it should have been updated long before know.
I was just putting the final touches on my video game adaptation of "Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood"... frankly, I'm pissed now. ;-)
Along with paid ads, this is a second thing that makes the apps more expensive to make for occasional/indie developers and I wonder if this is going to change the App Store.
Somebody has to digest the additional cost. I suspect there will be a pressure for price of certain types of apps to go up.
Somebody has to digest the additional cost. I suspect there will be a pressure for price of certain types of apps to go up.
All they have to do is update their app, they don't necessarily have to make any changes. I'd like to know that at least the dev(s) are ensuring the app remains compatible with OS changes. If the app hasn't had any attention in the past year it doesn't deserve to be on the app store. I'm sure that dev or devs make money from that app, most probably from taxpayers, so keeping it updated is that much more important for them IMO.
I'll make it simple; just keep the rMB. And the lightning cables. Can't buy too much of those lightning cables.
Complete B.S.
Developers can install old versions of Xcode and still update the apps.
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From the announcement:
If my app is removed, will current users be able to access my app?
Yes. Your app will remain fully functional for current users. They will experience no interruption to services and will still be able to buy in-app purchases. However, we recommend that you update your app as soon as possible to reinstate it on the App Store and ensure that it remains functional and engaging for new and existing customers.
Yes. Your app will remain fully functional for current users. They will experience no interruption to services and will still be able to buy in-app purchases. However, we recommend that you update your app as soon as possible to reinstate it on the App Store and ensure that it remains functional and engaging for new and existing customers.
This is good, but they should also make it easier for apps to run on newer versions of iOS without needing updates. Every single major iOS version and many minor versions randomly deprecate then remove library functions that seem perfectly harmless to use, even if they are a bit clunky, then stuff breaks. Worse, it's tough to patch the code in a way that'll keep support for old iOS versions (you'd have to use some nasty macro statements), so devs stop supporting old iOS versions.
Oh well, it's not nearly as bad as having tons of apps that don't work at all on the latest iOS.
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And anyway, the devs already agreed to Apple's guidelines that include quality standards. It's not just $99/year => guaranteed distribution.
Oh well, it's not nearly as bad as having tons of apps that don't work at all on the latest iOS.
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The problem is that broken apps create clutter that makes good apps harder to find, so those devs are hurting other devs. They could shove their apps into the "deprecated" pile and filter them out by default unless a user explicitly enables the "deprecated" search mode, but that's not very elegant.
And anyway, the devs already agreed to Apple's guidelines that include quality standards. It's not just $99/year => guaranteed distribution.
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But then Tim won't be able to get up on stage every keynote and say, "We're th-rilled to have over 10 quadrillion apps in the app store and paying developers $40 trillion a year for their work!"
In regard to the 12.9" iPad Pro resolution, one fairly simple app, IMDB, hasn't been updated yet. Sometimes I wonder if this is because Amazon (the owners of IMDB) and Apple are competing in several areas (iPad vs Fire tablets, Amazon Prime vs iTunes Store/Apple Music, Echo vs Siri).
Apps yea but games are quite a bit harder. It can be done but fitting a full size game is already hard enough on a 5.5 inch. Things have to be designed around something so much smaller like a 3.5
Apple is sending those developers a request to update their app within 30 days, unless it crashes than it will be removed immediately.
Apps that not been updated in years need to be removed, doesn't matter if the developer paid his dues 3-5 years ago.
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Come up with a new joke thats actually funny.
This is called progression, and it is happening everywhere. Would you be happy to walk to an electronics store and find 3-4 years old TV for the same prince as the new model that offers newer designs, features and just are more future proof? Would you like to walk into a dealership and buy a brand new economy car that only gets you 15 mpg in the city while you could buy a different car for the same amount of money that gets you 30 mpg and double horsepower, or get a car that for instance only has a tape deck ??
There are no excuses for any developers to keep stagnant and not updated apps. The screen resolutions haven't changed in ages, and only two new were added two years ago. The iOS design language hasn't changed in 3 years (since it was introduced with iOS 7). So after three years, there is no reason for iPhone apps to have iOS 6 and earlier look and feel.
You are missing something.
As a developer, I can only have _one_ version of my app in the app store. If I use any feature whatsoever of iOS 7, 8, 9 or 10 in a new version, then my app cannot run on an iPhone 3GS. And if I put that new version on the store, the old version is _gone_. iPhone 3GS owners can't use the new version because 3GS supports only iOS 6, and they can't download the old version because it's _gone_. Especially bad if you need to restore your phone from a backup, because apps are not stored in the backup, they are re-downloaded from the app store, and the old app version is gone.
So as a developer, I cannot for example fix bugs in an old version. Only the latest version can be in the store.
That's correct, but if an app is not 'Ready for Sale' is not on the app store.
No, they don't. I pay $99 and I don't care for several of my old apps in the store. I developed them for customers years ago and they don't want to pay for updates/improvements. So I as a developer am also glad that Apple is cleaning up.
That kind of draconian approach may help the majority of owners of iOS devices, but not very helpful for those with older devices. There are some basic, solid apps that do basic things and do them well that don't need to be regularly updated.
But then again, it could be simply because I have a 12.9" iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad 4, iPad 2, and iPad 1 all still in active service.
I'd much prefer more advanced search and filtering capabilities of the App Store. Simply adding a filter "apps updated within the last 12 months" would serve the same purpose.
What prevents YOU from removing your apps from the app store?
I'll take quality over quantity any day and I think Tim will mention that or at least hint toward it.
Why would they need to download it again? And I believe you can download apps from iTunes on your computer (if you've kept a copy) even if it is no longer in the store.
Because they no longer have the app locally stored on their computer. It's not complicated.
Almost everyone keeps running the latest iOS, unlike Android, where people don't update. And there is still a much wider variety of hardware running Android.
Anyway, the @2x and @3x and other things are all handled nicely by Apple's libraries. You don't have to do much. Just auto-layout (or SnapKit) stuff, and you're fine. Supporting 10 screen sizes isn't much different from supporting 2. IDK if Android does it better or worse, but either way, dealing with OS fragmentation is a lot worse than dealing with screen sizes.
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You expect an app I purchased several years ago to still work and not require an update ? As someones who's been in programming every now and then, its impossible to keep an ancient app around and never update with newer OS's.... code gets depreciated as well.... suddenly the app will break if u don't keep it current.. since the next OS will make sure of that..
The only reason why old apps work even under Windows 10 is because Microsoft has old code left in for that reason alone. While Apple doesn't
I agree, this isn't great news for everyone. But it affects more than just owners of old devices. Example: I purchased the 'pro' version of a certain app some years ago. Now, the company has decided to ditch the pro version and add these features as in-app purchases to the free version. That's fine for new customers. But I had to do a complete reset of my iPhone (as instructed by Apple to try and resolve all the bugginess) and now I can't download the pro version that I paid for… because it ain't there anymore. That kind of sucks.
The lesson here is, backup your apps in iTunes folks. This reliance on the cloud falls apart when apps get deleted from the store.