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It will be funny to see all of the abandoned apps that start failing a year from now. Obscure games, utilities, etc. Most people won't be bothered to go through
by btown 11y ago
It will be funny to see all of the abandoned apps that start failing a year from now. Obscure games, utilities, etc. Most people won't be bothered to go through the stress of an App Store review process to update an old free-to-play app that's not even making them revenue. But how many people's morning commutes will be ruined when their old games or news apps fall apart? The price of progress (and of liquidity), I suppose...
- coldtea 11y ago>But how many people's morning commutes will be ruined when their old games or news apps fall apart? The price of progress The "price of progress" is suddenly not being able to play WhackAMole 3000 on your mobile phone on your way to work?
- kennywinker 11y agoKinda. I mean, I can dust off my old console and play the games on that any time I want. App Store stuff means built in expiration date. Cloud integration means built in expiration date. Price of progress.
- ckrailo 11y agoYour old console ran the same code for years on end with no updates and no new features. Your phone's updating all the time. Thus, software TTL is much lower. (Software TTL for your console is determined by how long your cartridge serves up good data.)
- oniMaker 11y agoSometimes I like to think about how future archaeologists will be writing grand dissertations on the digital detritus we're all leaving behind today.
- xyzzy4 11y agoAnd all the people who will try to revive 100 old abandoned source projects.
- avolcano 11y agoTo be fair, those exact same abandoned apps would just as easily stop working because their developer didn't upkeep their custom backend - or worse, those abandoned backends could fall behind on security updates and get hacked.