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> if Apple is trying to make space for popular and potentially upcoming apps “Make space”? This isn’t a shelf. There’s always enough space for digital items.

ghaff 4y ago
So do you want to sift through a bunch of apps that don't work on the current version of the operating system or are otherwise significantly dated? Even in a less wall gardened environment, I'm mostly not interested in running 10 year old applications unless they're something fairly simple that really does do everything required for the purpose and still runs reliably. In any case, as a user, I probably figure that if an app hasn't been updated in five years, it may or may not work and I'll probably at least subconsciously resent the store's owner a bit for clogging up the store with old stuff.
- trap_goes_hot 4y ago
  >I'm mostly not interested in running 10 year old applications unless they're something fairly simple that really does do everything required for the purpose and still runs reliably. The 10 year old version of AutoCAD still runs, and you can use it today to do a ton of high-value CAD work. Thanks to Microsoft for not arbitrarily blocking it from running.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    Yes. But that’s a case of having an old version of a program that you know still runs on a given platform. That’s rather different from looking for a CAD program and deciding to take one that hasn’t been updated for ten years for a spin.
    - trap_goes_hot 4y ago
      Backwards compatibility benefits current, and future users. I agree that "hasn't been updated" is a concern, but you can also look for "hasn't needed to be updated". If you can obtain a legal copy of 10 year old software, you can use it for the fraction of the cost of the new version.
- jonathankoren 4y ago
  > So do you want to sift through a bunch of apps that don't work on the current version of the operating system or are otherwise significantly dated? This is precisely why Google only indexes webpages written in English and are focused on the American market.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    When I do a search in English, Google absolutely returns mostly web pages written in English. And, yes, it would be very annoying to the point of being useless if it did otherwise. Presumably if you query it in French, I assume it returns mostly French pages.
    - jonathankoren 4y ago
      So… Do you think this solution could be applicable here?
- andybak 4y ago
  Which is fine - if there was any other place for iOS apps for those of us that did want niche/old/obscure/historical apps. Also - there's a cultural preservation issue here as well. That bothers me.

ghaff 4y ago

So do you want to sift through a bunch of apps that don't work on the current version of the operating system or are otherwise significantly dated? Even in a less wall gardened environment, I'm mostly not interested in running 10 year old applications unless they're something fairly simple that really does do everything required for the purpose and still runs reliably. In any case, as a user, I probably figure that if an app hasn't been updated in five years, it may or may not work and I'll probably at least subconsciously resent the store's owner a bit for clogging up the store with old stuff.

trap_goes_hot 4y ago
>I'm mostly not interested in running 10 year old applications unless they're something fairly simple that really does do everything required for the purpose and still runs reliably. The 10 year old version of AutoCAD still runs, and you can use it today to do a ton of high-value CAD work. Thanks to Microsoft for not arbitrarily blocking it from running.
- ghaff 4y ago
  Yes. But that’s a case of having an old version of a program that you know still runs on a given platform. That’s rather different from looking for a CAD program and deciding to take one that hasn’t been updated for ten years for a spin.
  - trap_goes_hot 4y ago
    Backwards compatibility benefits current, and future users. I agree that "hasn't been updated" is a concern, but you can also look for "hasn't needed to be updated". If you can obtain a legal copy of 10 year old software, you can use it for the fraction of the cost of the new version.
jonathankoren 4y ago
> So do you want to sift through a bunch of apps that don't work on the current version of the operating system or are otherwise significantly dated? This is precisely why Google only indexes webpages written in English and are focused on the American market.
- ghaff 4y ago
  When I do a search in English, Google absolutely returns mostly web pages written in English. And, yes, it would be very annoying to the point of being useless if it did otherwise. Presumably if you query it in French, I assume it returns mostly French pages.
  - jonathankoren 4y ago
    So… Do you think this solution could be applicable here?
andybak 4y ago
Which is fine - if there was any other place for iOS apps for those of us that did want niche/old/obscure/historical apps. Also - there's a cultural preservation issue here as well. That bothers me.