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> Can you imagine being an iOS developer working on Gmail right now, having shipped literally nothing this year? "This year" as in 6 weeks? Is that a lot in Go

> Can you imagine being an iOS developer working on Gmail right now, having shipped literally nothing this year? "This year" as in 6 weeks? Is that a lot in Google or iOS-land?

jasonv 6y ago
Previous to this the Google apps got frequent updates. It’s documented out there. Nothing since Dec 8 is probably as notable for devs working on features (but not this effort) as it is to us wondering when the apps are going to be updated.
- esrauch 6y ago
  "Frequent updates" would still only be 1-2 releases by now for each app. The graph of updates stopping above overlays all the different apps which have offset releases
spenvo 6y ago
Check out this infographic that illustrates the frequency of Google app updates before and after December 8 https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596 https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596 After seeing that, one can not help but to assume that 1.) the lack of updates are related to the privacy label deadline and 2.) that most of its apps are in need of bug fixes and aren’t receiving those updates.
- FridgeSeal 6y ago
  Wow that is wild. Whilst interesting, that graph does need each app split out a bit more clearly-while it’s clear that none of them have updated since the cutoff, it would be best to be able to see each apps release cadence beforehand.
  - kevincox 6y ago
    I agree. It is clear that Google has paused app releases due to this but this graphic obscures how abnormal this is for any individual app. There are 13 apps in that graph and it appears that there are usually a handful a week. So on average they are only updating monthly anyways. So a 2 month break is just skipping a release (or two) for most apps which isn't a huge break in bugfixes.
    - the_snooze 6y ago
      The telling thing is that all apps suddenly stopped updating at the same time. And it's still going.
    - GeekyBear 6y ago
      Ars Technica dug into the release history data, and it's just not possible to pretend this isn't a major break with Google's normal update cadence. In the same period during which they stopped updating the iOS version of Google search, they updated the Android version 27 times. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/google-flags-its-ios-apps-as-out-of-date-after-two-months-of-neglect https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/google-flags-its-ios...
addicted 6y ago
It’s long enough that Google tripped its own security warnings.

> Can you imagine being an iOS developer working on Gmail right now, having shipped literally nothing this year? "This year" as in 6 weeks? Is that a lot in Google or iOS-land?

jasonv 6y ago

Previous to this the Google apps got frequent updates. It’s documented out there. Nothing since Dec 8 is probably as notable for devs working on features (but not this effort) as it is to us wondering when the apps are going to be updated.

esrauch 6y ago
"Frequent updates" would still only be 1-2 releases by now for each app. The graph of updates stopping above overlays all the different apps which have offset releases

spenvo 6y ago

Check out this infographic that illustrates the frequency of Google app updates before and after December 8 https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596 https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596 After seeing that, one can not help but to assume that 1.) the lack of updates are related to the privacy label deadline and 2.) that most of its apps are in need of bug fixes and aren’t receiving those updates.

FridgeSeal 6y ago
Wow that is wild. Whilst interesting, that graph does need each app split out a bit more clearly-while it’s clear that none of them have updated since the cutoff, it would be best to be able to see each apps release cadence beforehand.
- kevincox 6y ago
  I agree. It is clear that Google has paused app releases due to this but this graphic obscures how abnormal this is for any individual app. There are 13 apps in that graph and it appears that there are usually a handful a week. So on average they are only updating monthly anyways. So a 2 month break is just skipping a release (or two) for most apps which isn't a huge break in bugfixes.
  - the_snooze 6y ago
    The telling thing is that all apps suddenly stopped updating at the same time. And it's still going.
  - GeekyBear 6y ago
    Ars Technica dug into the release history data, and it's just not possible to pretend this isn't a major break with Google's normal update cadence. In the same period during which they stopped updating the iOS version of Google search, they updated the Android version 27 times. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/google-flags-its-ios-apps-as-out-of-date-after-two-months-of-neglect https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/google-flags-its-ios...

addicted 6y ago

It’s long enough that Google tripped its own security warnings.