Apple has warned developers that it will remove apps from the App Store if they haven’t had an update in three years. Following the announcement, the company has offered 90 day margin for developers to update their Apps before they are removed from the platform.
This measure started last weekend, which was when Apple published a update your policy explaining that applications that do not reach a minimum downloads in a period of 12 months They will also run the risk of being removed from the store.
This is nothing new, since the company itself proudly states that this type of measure they have managed to eliminate 2.8 million Apps little useful in the last 6 years. In fact, Apple reinforces its position by adding that, thanks to this new policy, “renewed” apps work for the vast majority of users and are compatible with the latest innovations in security and privacy.
Those affected developers will have a period of 90 days to adapt to the measures, an improvement over the 30 days it offered Apple previously. However, applications deleted from the App Store will not be removed from mobile devices and also in-app purchases will still be available.
The situation ends up being somewhat controversial, since this policy update Apple strengthen your posture in favor of a monopoly sales of software for iOS devices, being the most curious of all that the applications created for MacOS have not received these changesleaving behind that need to be updated to improve the security and privacy of a device.
Via: TheRegister
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