Philip Houska The App Store, Apple's online application store for mobile devices, has a really wide variety of applications. However, some of them are too outdated or unused. As a result, Apple has decided to take a radical step and start banning such applications. From the user's point of view, this is a very welcome step.
The Californian company informed the developer community about the upcoming changes in an e-mail, in which it writes that if the application is not functional or updated to run on newer operating systems, it will be deleted from the App Store. "We implement an ongoing process of evaluating apps and deleting apps that don't work as they should, don't meet the necessary guidelines, or are outdated," the email said.
Apple has also set quite strict rules: if the application is broken immediately after launch, it will be deleted without hesitation. Developers of other software projects will first be notified of any errors and if they are not corrected within 30 days, they will also say goodbye to the App Store.
It is this purge that will be interesting in terms of final numbers. Apple likes to remind you how many apps it has in its online store. It must be added that the numbers are respectable. For example, as of June of this year, there were around two million applications for iPhones and iPads in the App Store, and since the establishment of the store, they have been downloaded up to 130 billion times.
Even though the Cupertino company had the right to brag about such results, it forgot to add that tens of thousands of offered applications did not work at all or were very outdated and not updated. The expected reduction will of course reduce the mentioned numbers, but it will be much easier for users to navigate the App Store and search for different applications.
In addition to lubrication, the names of the applications should also see changes. The App Store team wants to focus on eliminating misleading titles and intends to push for improved keyword searches. It also plans to achieve this by allowing developers to name applications only within a maximum of 50 characters.
Apple will start embarking on such actions from September 7, when it is the second event of the year is also planned. He also launched FAQ section (in English) where everything is explained in detail. It is interesting that he announced significant changes for developers and the App Store for the second time in a row just a week before the upcoming keynote. In June, Phil Schiller a week before WWDC for example, it revealed changes in subscriptions and search advertising.
Great news. It would also like Apple to motivate developers to better support new devices and functions. If we look at it, even a year after the introduction of the big iPad, apps like Facebook and many others do not support its large display, many apps do not support large ip screens, widgets in the note center, 3D touch, landscape mode on the shelf, in short, it is not adapted to new versions of ios . If we look at the lack of device support, it is even worse versions for AW and ATV are rather an exception, and the number of apps adapted for iPad is also not much compared to apps for iPhone. Apple could, for example, push these apps back in the search results and the like….
I acknowledge such an activity with gratitude. It would also like to delete duplicate applications that may have different names but run on the same engine. Especially those from Asian developers. It just weeds out the store. I would also like it if in the search there were preferably applications that have a version for iPad and iPhone and also for example Mac, AW and ATV. Personally, for me, such applications, connected to iCloud or another cloud, are the most valuable.
The FBI will certainly give you credit for promoting an easily accessible and controllable iCloud. ;)
Luckily I'm not paranoid ;)
Again, I wouldn't be so happy, because it also means that many users of older models will no longer install purchased applications from appsore (e.g. during a clean reinstall).
Instead of a better search option in the Appstore, Apple chose one that was easier for it and more disadvantageous for customers.
True, it would be worth hiding apps only for devices on which they do not work or for which they are not optimized. On the other hand, the apps that Apple deletes, as I understand them, are really outdated and can only be used with old systems, which in the case of iOS adoption is a very small group of users.
It won't be a small group, I see a lot of people around me who use iPhones (or phones in general) as long as they work and only then buy a new one.
For ios, most people update to the latest version that their phone allows, but there are plenty of people with ip4 and still using it.
So ios 9 is on 88% of devices, ios 8 on another 8%, I assume that the deletion will mainly concern scary apps. Another question is whether people using a phone that is about 6 years old require any special apps or just the basic ones that are also updated for the latest ios. It will certainly affect some users, but I believe that it is a largely positive step.
Don't you understand that this is a coercive matter to force you to upgrade to a higher iOS? And if it doesn't go any further, then throw away the old iPhone and buy a new one?
Are you so blind that you don't know these tricks of marketing?
Well, this kind of adoption rate can be called a success, and Apple likes to brag about it like any other company. Personally, no one forces you to upgrade, but it will always bring its benefits in the form of new functions. In addition, the technological world develops very quickly, so if you want to keep up, you have no choice but to update. Regardless of the fact that IP lasts the most years compared to the competition, I would therefore not see it as marketing. Apple could do the same as Samsung and only provide new features on the latest flagships.
The development studios had a hard time keeping up with the pressure of the constant influx of new axles year after year. Apple could offer an option to show apps for my device. Duplicates, even intentional ones, are really popular in the app store, and in the last two or three years it has been very difficult to come across an app that would be worth it. I would like a trial mode for a day both on ios and osx. By deleting the application for people with ios 6,7, the problem will not be solved. I would definitely see it as a "sandbox" type where the functionality and the application are preserved. And otherwise, with the transition to the latest ios, it's no longer such a glory. I see a lot of people around me cursing how the newer vero ios gradually turned their flagships into unusable bricks. The 10 simply won't work on my iPhoneSE. I learned my lesson.