There’s been games that I can no longer download. Apps that are as if they never existed with it not even showing up in purchase history if it weren’t for old email receipts. It’s pushed me more towards Foss when it is an option.
I wish Android would do better in that department. How does iOS handle old apps it delists. Is it still downloadable for the user who bought it at least?
I agree that it sucks, but it’s most likely because 1) the app was removed for some policy reason, or 2) the app targets an older version of the Android SDK that you shouldn’t install on newer devices for security reasons. I have some old apps I don’t want to update that fall into both of these categories.
It would be nice if there was a non-official way to install these old apps, like if they were archived on archive.org or something similar.
