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Android apps have improved in quality over the years, however, there are still many on Google Play that have not been updated by developers for some time, and they may soon disappear.
Google would think of remove all these applications from the store, which would be hidden until they hear from their developers.
This is a decision on the part of the company with which it could improve —with force— the quality of the Android applications offered, but which would also lead to the disappearance of many others.
More than 800,000 apps will disappear from Google Play
Google reportedly commented on some of the measures it has in mind to deal with over 869,000 “abandoned” apps in Google Play. And by discontinued, the company means that it hasn’t received support or updates in a while.
This measure, as CNET reports, would aim to contribute to improving the quality of these applications, since they would not be completely eliminated, they would simply be hidden. This situation would last until they were updated, at which time they would be available to users again.
The time without updates that an application should spend to reach this situation it would be 2 years, something that caused complaints from many developers. After that, the app would no longer appear in search results and recommendations.
In this sense, the measure would affect promoters who have simply abandoned application development, but they didn’t remove it from Google Play. But also to developers who have not updated their applications or games because they do not need them, because of their simplicity of operation.
Without a doubt it is a controversial gesture, and that this can affect a large number of apps and games in store, which developers will now have to think about updating if they want to continue on Android.
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