On December 4, data from Appfigures, an application market research company, showed that there were 2 million apps on the Apple App Store in April this year. In July this number dropped by about 420,000 to 1.6 million. The reason is that these apps are not available. Get the update, does not meet Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) regulations.
Appfigures CEO Ariel Michaeli said, Normally, the number of apps in the App Store grows by 1%-2% per month. In June, about one month after the ATT was released, the number of apps in the App Store The number of games has been reduced by 420,000, accounting for 21% of the total number of applications.
According to ATT, applications need to obtain user approval before tracking users, and application developers must update them. Michaeli said It is clear that hundreds of thousands of application developers have not taken ATT seriously, or are lazy to update their applications and games.
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The removal of hundreds of thousands of apps shows that Apple is serious about protecting user privacy, and it also reflects the current status of app development, management and operation. The reality is face-slapped: most apps that have been removed have received little attention and no downloads.
They have basically abandoned applications: they can’t bring profits to developers, they just wait to die in the App Store. Some applications are developed by amateur developers. In other words, applications with a large number of users are basically not removed.