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.
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.
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
It really is a warzone out there.
Well, I use open source apps mostly. It is peaceful.
Those two numbers in the headline are incomparable, and almost complety uninformative.
They are not though, In app transactions is probably the reason.
The very least they could do is say how much the revenue changed vs. previous year.
If it’s 2.3% less spyware flashlight apps and QR-Code readers that pry on less educated users, that’s a good thing.
