Comment on Why do phone apps update all the time but nothing seems to change?
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
I see a lot of the other reasons mentioned, but one I don’t: on android you are required to release updates at least every year-ish or they will completely delete your developer account and app.
Source: got that message recently for an app I made and haven’t had a reason to update.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
What a crock.
I get the reasoning, but there’s gotta be a better way to manage stale apps.
I have a number of apps that aren’t on Play and work fine, I just save the apk or back it up with Swift or Neo Backup.
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Its pretty crazy. I was very taken aback by the email. Dev accounts aren’t even free.