[sorry_outta_gas]

> They made tinkering around so ridiculously unattractive

100$ a understaement,just keepting them workable between ios and xcode releases is non-trivial.

myself I have about a 4-5 pretty apps that were useful (to me and a few people at least) that just don't work anymore.. I could spend time fixing them but I'm time limited and don't use macos as my primary platform anymore

the intentional short shelflive of software on that platform is just crazy to me; like I know Apple does it to have the store 'clean it self up' over time but that's insane there's piles of software that just dosen't exist anymore

like what happens if an accident happens and a solo developer passes-away? their work is as if it never existed

[shadilay]

Android has the same problem where they drop apps that don't target an API version released in the last 5 years or something. After losing all the apps I bought on early versions of iOS and Android it really soured me on buying anything so I haven't bought an mobile app in years. Photoshop CS2 still works on Windows though!

[foepys]

I don't think Google drops then, just prohibits updates. Apps usually keep working but no guarantee for complex apps that depend on changing APIs (like the DnD change with Android 5 or so).