Apple says that it is evicting outdated apps from the App Store after giving developers 30 days to fix issues discovered by the tech giant.
You wouldn't go clothes shopping at a store that was full of dated fashions, would you? At the first sign of bell-bottoms or Neru jackets, you'd be out of that store faster than movie production companies removed Will Smith from any future projects he was signed for. Well, why should things be any different for the App Store? After all, it's a store that sells you digital goods and services.
because of what he calls the latter's exploitation of smaller developers. FlickType is an outstanding QWERTY app for the Apple Watch. But Eleftheriou said competing apps used fake ads and fake comments to move Apple's rankings. The developer claims that Apple didn't move quickly enough to remove the bogus comments and ratings before his business was affected.had approached him about making Flick Type the native QWERTY for the Apple Watch and Eleftheriou turned the company down.
In Apple's message to developers titled"App Improvement Notice," it says that apps that haven't been"updated in a significant amount of time" will be removed with Apple giving developers just 30 days to update them. Apple adds that"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."If no update is submitted in 30 days, the app will be removed from sale.
Written for developers, the page explains that if your app is removed, another developer will not be allowed to swoop down and use the name of the app. Apple also recommends that developers, to prevent their apps from being removed,"address any functionality issues and update your app regularly to fix bugs, offer new content, provide additional services, or make other improvements. If you are no longer updating your app, consider removing it from the App Store.
If Apple finds issues with your app, it will get in touch with you and ask that you make the necessary changes in order to keep the app in the App Store. On the other hand, if your app crashes on launch, it will be removed from the App Store immediately.Get the most important news, reviews and deals in mobile tech delivered straight to your inbox
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