IT House April 24 news, according to The Verge reported that Apple may be cracking down on apps that do not update. In an email sent to affected developers, Apple warned that apps that "haven't been updated for a long time" would be removed from the App Store and given developers 30 days to update them.
"You can allow new users to discover and download this app from the App Store by submitting updates for review within 30 days," Apple wrote in an email. "If you don't submit an update within 30 days, the app will be removed."
Many app developers, such as Protopop Games developer Robert Kabwe, have expressed their concerns about the change. Kabwe said on Twitter that Apple threatened to remove his game Motivoto because it hasn't been updated since March 2019.
In addition, Kosta Eleftheriou, developer of FlickType Apple Watch keyboard, and Emilia Lazer-Walker, developer of games, have received emails from Apple.
On the App Store improvements page, Apple said: "We are implementing an ongoing app evaluation process to remove apps that no longer run as expected, do not follow current review guidelines, or are outdated." ”
Earlier this month, Google's Google Play Store also announced that it would begin restricting the visibility of apps "not targeted at the API level for two years of the latest Android release," IT House learned. Android developers must update their apps by November 1, 2022, but can also choose to request a six-month extension if they can't meet the deadline.