[HN Gopher] Apple App Store appears to be widely removing outdat...
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       Apple App Store appears to be widely removing outdated apps
        
       Author : CharlesW
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2022-04-24 21:56 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | greenyoda wrote:
       | Big discussion of the original source yesterday:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31135972
        
       | tims33 wrote:
       | Mixed feelings based on the article. On one hand, I feel like my
       | parents and kids often start using crappy, out-of-date apps that
       | cause issues on their device. On the other hand, just using a
       | simple heuristic like last updated date seems like a poor choice.
       | Clean the App Store, but be smarter about it.
       | 
       | (btw - my Mac auto-capitalized "app store" - classic Apple)
        
       | evolve2k wrote:
       | This is very stupid. While the replenishment of apps is
       | practically something they can well justify, the 30 day timeframe
       | is exploitative.
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       | If the officered at least 120 days (somewhere 4-6 months), my
       | guess is that there'd be much less of a problem here.
       | 
       | Developers deserve more lead time than that for what is clearly
       | low urgency work. Really need it done this month? Pay for it!
       | 
       | What a ridiculous abuse of power.
        
         | CharlesW wrote:
         | > _While the replenishment of apps is practically something
         | they can well justify, the 30 day timeframe is exploitative._
         | 
         | That does seem arbitrarily aggressive, especially since Apple
         | has allowed apps that look terrible on recent iPhones for
         | years.
        
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