Apple ruší dva roky neupdatované hry a aplikácie zo store

Apple robí zvláštne rozhodnutia a aktuálne sa chce zbaviť neupdatovaných aplikácii a hier.  Posiela maily vývojárom aplikácii, ktoré dva roky nedostali update. Tie hovoria o zrušení aplikácie, ak nebude aplikácia updatovaná. Nepíšu dôvod prečo, alebo či musí byť aj niečo zmenené, ale majú na to 30 dní (dodatočne to rozšírili na 90 dní).

Je to podivný prístup, keďže veľa hier nemusí byť updatovaných, aby fungovali ďalej,  a hlavne niektoré sa ani updatovať nedajú, ak napríklad niektoré doplnky, alebo enginy už nie sú podporované s novým API.  Pritom fungujú bez problémov stále na všetkých zariadeniach. Vývojári k tomu hovoria, že aj veľa Apple aplikácii nie je roky updatovaných. 

To teraz dodatočne Apple vysvetlilo, tým, že ak ich aplikácie nie sú výrazne sťahované, tak sa dostávajú do tejto oblasti zrušenia. A to napriek tomu, že vývojári im platia ročný poplatok.

V každom prípade, ak by Apple niekedy chcelo ísť seriózne do hier, takto biznis nefunguje. 

I feel sick. Apple just sent me an email saying they're removing my free game Motivoto because its more than 2 years old.

It's part of their App improvement system.

This is not cool. Console games from 2000 are still available for sale.

This is an unfair barrier to indie devs. pic.twitter.com/7XNcLfiEcR

— Protopop Games (@protopop) April 23, 2022

Apple's utterly unhinged games policy: Unless you push out regular updates, your game will be removed from sale. Even if the game is fully complete and doesn't need updating.

There's no 'mail us to say the game is complete'' option. Just 'update or perish'. https://t.co/P8mHtcOG0C

— Dominic Tarason (@DominicTarason) April 23, 2022

Yup. This just happened to me too!
Removed my app because I haven’t updated in 2 years, even it’s still getting downloads and running on all devices.
It’s hard to take time away from current projects to update old ones, just to keep them alive on the store.

— BobbyW (@BobBDub) April 23, 2022

I received an email this morning saying the same about one of my apps, it hasn’t got any crash reports, still gets downloads after 5 years, doesn’t need a v2 and Apple decide it’s time to go 🤷‍♂️ due to swift version changes I don’t have time to push a meaningful change

— Simon Barker (@allthecode_) April 23, 2022

I had a fully functional and original game for kids being removed from sale for this reason just a few hours ago. I have simply not had the time the last month to update it and publish a new version. Stupid decisions.

— Simen Ø. Gjermundsen (@simen_g) April 23, 2022

Apple also removed a version of my FlickType Keyboard that catered specifically to the visually impaired community, because I hadn't updated it in 2 years.

Meanwhile, games like Pocket God have not been updated by the developers for 7 years now: https://t.co/3azyIydty7 pic.twitter.com/n36rvHvF4H

— Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) April 23, 2022

Meanwhile, some of Apple's own apps haven't been updated for much longer than that.

Rules for thee, but not for me! https://t.co/3azyIydty7 pic.twitter.com/XxLtdP1Ep1

— Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) April 23, 2022

"Apple says apps that haven't been updated in two years will be 'removed from sale'"

I mean, I hate to see you get rid of most of your own apps, but OK.

— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) April 25, 2022