Last week Apple’s ‘abandoned’ apps that didn’t receive updates Started removing from App Store and we mentioned that developers have 30 days to update their apps. Indeed, this week, app owners have started filing complaints that their apps have been removed.

Apple’s statement was not delayed. Apple’s statement on the subject stated that the owners of the applications were more or less at fault and that no one had downloaded the applications anyway. Let’s look at the details of Apple’s statements.

Developers complain

Apple said in a statement: “As part of the App Store improvement process, app developers who have not updated in the past three years and have not met the minimum download threshold (apps that have not or hardly been downloaded in a 12-month period) will receive an email received a notification that their apps have been marked for removal from the App Store. † He made his statements, saying that for uninstalled applications, “no one was downloading anyway”.

Several developers have reported receiving these emails and need to update their apps. is 30 daysstated that otherwise they would be removed from the store. Developers, Apples your posture and given to them to make changes of the duration they say it’s unfair to indie developers.

Developers also expressed greater concern over Apple’s decision to remove an entire class of apps because they thought they didn’t belong in their store. To sum up the argument, Apple’s removal of these apps is similar to removing movies from the iTunes Store as they appear on modern TVs with black bars.

What are your thoughts? Will this move by Apple make the App Store better or will the developers just take the brunt of it? Don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comment section below.