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While I loathe apple's moves lately, including this one, I have to agree with this comments sentiment. Software is not free once written. You need to expend re

While I loathe apple's moves lately, including this one, I have to agree with this comments sentiment. Software is not free once written. You need to expend resources to keep it up to date and secure. If you aren't keeping things up to date, you are neglecting the maintenance of your application. You wouldn't be surprised if your car stopped working if you never change the oil. Apple is taking proactive actions here, presumably to protect the end user experience. Wether or not I agree with the manner of proactive action is a different issue. We know apple loves to exert tons of control over things like this. Apple is difficult to work with. It takes maintenance to keep apps up to date. Yes, the two year thing seems a bit over the top but remember the real issue is that this guy can't submit a new build because he hasn't added support for the last two OS versions. The app store is hard to work with, but they payoff is immense also. Welcome to the real world.

ordiel 4y ago
Immense - 30% they take to give you more trouble and kick you out whenever they deem it "necessary"... you know 'cuz you, their customer is the biggest threat to them and the users (Google/Apple)... honestly at this point I am all down to just go to another app store... once they let you do that without restrictions on the device Yyou paid for....
- tragictrash 4y ago
  Listen, I totally agree with you. It's total BS and should be better. That being said, I also think your frustrated and typed word salad into the reply box. I'm not apple. I don't like apple's practices. I don't own any apple devices (beyond what's required to support an iOS app) because I take an issue with the same things you do. The reality is, if you want to support apple devices, you have to play their game, and that means updating your apps regularly. Sorry if you don't like it. I don't either. Again, welcome to the real world.
xeromal 4y ago
It's a game though. What security does it need?
howinteresting 4y ago
This is ridiculous. A game that has no online component has roughly zero maintenance burden. This is why, for example, the original Deus Ex is still one of the better ways to spend your time playing games on PC. Network connectivity has brought along with it a certain level of toxicity around updates and maintenance and such. At the very least Apple could be shipping older runtimes, downloaded on demand similar to Steam Proton runtimes.

ordiel 4y ago

Immense - 30% they take to give you more trouble and kick you out whenever they deem it "necessary"... you know 'cuz you, their customer is the biggest threat to them and the users (Google/Apple)... honestly at this point I am all down to just go to another app store... once they let you do that without restrictions on the device Yyou paid for....

tragictrash 4y ago
Listen, I totally agree with you. It's total BS and should be better. That being said, I also think your frustrated and typed word salad into the reply box. I'm not apple. I don't like apple's practices. I don't own any apple devices (beyond what's required to support an iOS app) because I take an issue with the same things you do. The reality is, if you want to support apple devices, you have to play their game, and that means updating your apps regularly. Sorry if you don't like it. I don't either. Again, welcome to the real world.

xeromal 4y ago

It's a game though. What security does it need?

howinteresting 4y ago

This is ridiculous. A game that has no online component has roughly zero maintenance burden. This is why, for example, the original Deus Ex is still one of the better ways to spend your time playing games on PC. Network connectivity has brought along with it a certain level of toxicity around updates and maintenance and such. At the very least Apple could be shipping older runtimes, downloaded on demand similar to Steam Proton runtimes.