Statement from Apple on Deleting Apps

Last week, Apple’s ‘abandoned’ apps that did not receive updates Started uninstalling from App Store and we mentioned that 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 are complaining

Apple said in a statement “As part of the App Store Improvements process, app developers that haven’t been updated in the past three years and haven’t met the minimum download threshold (apps that haven’t been downloaded or downloaded very little over a 12-month period) will receive an email notifying them that their apps have been flagged for removal from the App Store. ” He gave his statements and said that for deleted applications, “no one was downloading anyway”.

Several developers have reported receiving these emails and have to update their apps. is 30 daysstated that otherwise they would be removed from the store. Developers, Apple’s your attitude and given to them to make changes of the duration they say it’s unfair to indie developers.

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Developers also expressed deeper concerns over Apple’s decision to delete an entire class of apps because they thought they didn’t belong in their 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.