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App thinning works and works well if you use it.

• gnicholas 9y ago
  Is there any way to tell if these apps are using it? On the one hand, big tech companies should definitely be taking advantage of this capability. On the other hand, it's possible that their procedures for releasing new versions — which they do very frequently - don't work as well with whatever the app thinning procedures are. Also, if their apps are super popular, these companies have somewhat less incentive to keep their apps small. If you need the uber app, you'll delete something else to make room.
  • valuearb 9y ago
    The problem is the download size doesn't match the store size, but customers can't see that. They also have differential updates, but again customer can't see that.
    • gnicholas 9y ago
      Huh, interesting. I got a banner message in the uber app yesterday saying I'll need to update soon. I declined to do so over cellular because of the apparent size of the app. Glad to know that's just the worst-case scenario, not the likely download size. I wonder how Apple could efficiently display the relevant download size to users based on device type and previously-downloaded version. I would imagine this would not be easy to do quickly and accurately, but most users would probably be happy just have a rough estimate of what the actual download size would be.