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I haven't bought an app in the store in at least 3 years. I installed maybe 4-5 new free apps over that period, all for smart home devices that need an app to a
by gigel82 4y ago
I haven't bought an app in the store in at least 3 years. I installed maybe 4-5 new free apps over that period, all for smart home devices that need an app to activate / install and receive notifications.
I used to go to the store a few times a week to check for top games and see if something tickles my fancy, but I haven't done it in 5+ years now, it's mostly all junk / IAP sinks.
- Gigachad 4y agoThis isn’t even unusual. There was some news report staying the average number of apps a user installs per month is 0. These days you don’t browse the App Store. You go there knowing exactly what app you want.
- henrikschroder 4y agoI have never, ever browsed the app store. My only interactions with it is getting annoyed every time they move the place you have to tap to update all your apps, or change the way you refresh the list of apps to update. In my mind, the entirety of the app store is crud that's in my way. As for getting new apps, it's almost always through a webpage that takes me directly to the app in the store. It has categories? Lists? Curated content? Ads? Paid placements? I had no idea.
- SanjayMehta 4y agoRemember the old iTunes on macOS? The App Store is heading in that direction.
- henrikschroder 4y agoFunnily enough, the only times I used the old iTunes was when I needed to upgrade my phone or something, and it was the exact same experience for me, everything in it was crud in the way of me doing the one thing I wanted to do. iTunes had music and movies and ringtones and shit? I had no idea...
- SanjayMehta 4y agoI never got the DIY ringtones to work. Then suddenly they showed up in iOS 15 ... files which I had made years ago. So strange.
- hkc 4y agoI use https://appraven.net https://appraven.net instead of App Store to discover apps.