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This is the strangest apocalypse ever.

• saagarjha 6y ago
  No, what would be WWDC17 : https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2017/101/ https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2017/101/
  • aspenmayer 6y ago
    It bugged me because that isn’t what would happen to your iOS devices if the App Store went down, to my knowledge. I don’t know what would happen but likely nothing at all immediately. Apps don’t suddenly disappear if you’re in airplane mode indefinitely. Even app revokes wouldn’t affect you if you’re not online, and there are degrees of app revokes. Some just remove the app from the App Store, but preserve the ability to reinstall for those who already have the app. More strict are those which remove the app from the App Store entirely, with no ability to reinstall. Those are extremely rare cases, but I disagree with the concept on principle except in cases of malware or other abuse, as determined by me. Currently, Apple decides. Still, all those apps disappearing ground my gears. /rant
    • ladberg 6y ago
      What apps do they not let owners reinstall? I got iDOS on my iPhone during a brief stint on the App Store and was able to redownload it on all my new devices until they dropped 32 bit support. It was a pretty cool party trick to run Windows 95 on my phone without jailbreaking it, and it seems like that's exactly the kind of app they would remove permanently. Additionally, I could use the DOS prompt to poke around the system files (though it was read-only).
      • aspenmayer 6y ago
        That’s a great question. I believe that apps which have been deleted from the App Store by the developer cannot be reinstalled through the Purchased tab in App Store. I’m looking for specific examples, but so far all I’ve seen which aren’t reinstallable in App Store are either 32-bit as you mentioned or removed by the developer.