> It also means that if an app is no longer in the app store, there is no way to get that app back even if it would otherwise still work on your phone. This is

> It also means that if an app is no longer in the app store, there is no way to get that app back even if it would otherwise still work on your phone. This is what I hate since iOS 10 and the removal of app sync in iTunes (and with the latest iTunes, apps are completely out without any alternatives). I've avoided upgrading iTunes as well as macOS for this reason. I don't want to sacrifice convenience and waste time spending hours re-downloading all apps from the App Store when I could get it a lot more quickly from a local copy. Apple just doesn't seem willing to recognize how bad connectivity is in most places around the world. I wait in the hope that Apple will bring out some kind of "Sync" app that's separate from iTunes but works with it to easily backup apps as well as data on computers for quicker restores.