Comment by gigel82

3 years 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.

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henrikschroder  3 years ago

I 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  3 years ago

    Remember the old iTunes on macOS? The App Store is heading in that direction.

    • henrikschroder  3 years ago

      Funnily 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...

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Gigachad  3 years ago

This 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.