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rahul@ErRahul337
@TechCrunch Finally, the great Fart App Purge of 2026 begins. RIP to all the flashlight apps that peaked in 2012
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Apple updates App Store review guidelines to remove low-engagement, rarely updated apps in saturated categories
Developers must consistently update products to avoid being delisted.
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Positive users welcome Apple's App Store updates to remove stagnant or unpopular apps as a way to keep things tidy, while negative users criticize the policy as exploitative toward developers with landlord-like or collusive motives.
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Keifer Street@KeiferStreet
Is it just me or is this potentially concerning for Monopolistic / anti-competitive behavior? I’m all for deprecating old apps with no users to clean up the App Store, but the way they worded this, Apple won’t even approve new apps unless they determine they offer a better experience. So Apple alone gets to decide if you can do a new startup and app?
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Patrick@patrickssons
@TechCrunch apple taking $99 a year and then removing your app for being unpopular is pure landlord energy
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Tyson Wilke@WilkeFounder
@TechCrunch Oh excellent, so my fellow founders now have yet another way to be shit out and can continually yell at the void, dope.
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Oh Alex@avgprobono
@TechCrunch I’m very glad that this will keeps things tidy. Flush the old apps and bring in the new.
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Aiki Godo@aiki_godo
@TechCrunch Thank you
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Jane ❤️@Jane50554684
@TechCrunch Let them do whatever they want
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Snaplii@snaplii
@TechCrunch Retention through value, not just visibility. Apps that solve real problems keep users coming back — that's the bar now.
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Igor Strebz@xamgore
@TechCrunch I bet that’s cause Apple has an agreement with bigtech companies (like Google), forcing app owners to advertise on digital platforms 😏
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Victor Vanderpooten@VictorVDPN
@ErRahul337 @TechCrunch And the QR code apps, gone but never forgotten.
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