Apple: App Store appears to be removing outdated apps
Date
4/25/2022 4:21:30 AM
(MENAFN- Khaama Press)
Apple may be cracking down on apps that no longer receive updates.
In a screenshotted email sent to affected developers, titled“App Improvement Notice,” Apple warns it will remove apps from the App Store that haven't been“updated in a significant amount of time” and gives developers just 30 days to update them.
“You can keep this app available for new users to discover and download from the App Store by submitting an update for review in 30 days,” Apple writes in the email.“If no update is submitted in 30 days, the app will be removed from sale.” While Apple will remove the outdated apps from the App Store, any previously downloaded apps will remain on users' devices.
A number of app makers, like Protopop Games developer Robert Kabwe, have expressed their concerns about the change. Kabwe says on Twitter that Apple is threatening to remove his fully-functional game, Motivoto, because it hasn't been updated since March 2019.
Meanwhile, Kosta Eleftheriou, the developer of the FlickType Apple Watch keyboard, says Apple took down a version of his app made specifically for the visually impaired because it hasn't been updated in two years.
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