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Though spending was up, there was another worrying sign about the overall health of the app ecosystem. This year, global app downloads were down by 2.3%, compared with 2023, reaching nearly 110 billion. This downward trend was seen across both app stores, the data indicates.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

If it's 2.3% less spyware flashlight apps and QR-Code readers that pry on less educated users, that's a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those two numbers in the headline are incomparable, and almost complety uninformative.

[–] Evotech 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They are not though, In app transactions is probably the reason.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The very least they could do is say how much the revenue changed vs. previous year.

[–] dinckelman 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’d be using apps a lot more often, if they were actually functionally useful, and not just a vehicle for micro transactions, and ad revenue. Half of the shit i used to open regularly is now paywalled, to the point where even the barebones features of those apps aren’t available anymore

[–] Evotech 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It really is a warzone out there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Well, I use open source apps mostly. It is peaceful.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

90% of apps that companies want you to download is a shitty webview with no additional feature to their website whatsoever besides notifications and data collection.