分析公司Appfigures統(tǒng)計的最新數(shù)字顯示，去年蘋果商店里應(yīng)用數(shù)第一次出現(xiàn)下降。

去年蘋果商店內(nèi)應(yīng)用數(shù)由220萬減至210萬，也是按年計算第一次出現(xiàn)下降。

科技博客The Verge稱，應(yīng)用減少可能是蘋果決定刪除不常更新的老應(yīng)用。

去年蘋果已經(jīng)刪除沒有適配64位系統(tǒng)的應(yīng)用，這也是為了用戶能在新款iPhone上享受更流暢的體驗。

不過數(shù)字也顯示有不少應(yīng)用已廢棄，其中包括曾流行一時的游戲Flappy Bird。2017年，蘋果也從應(yīng)用商店中刪除了一些低質(zhì)量的應(yīng)用，包括存在抄襲行為的應(yīng)用。

不過，刪除老應(yīng)用并非總數(shù)下降的唯一原因。Appfigures指出，去年新推出的應(yīng)用僅為75.5萬個，較2016年減少了29%。與此同時，去年安卓平臺推出新應(yīng)用達(dá)150萬個，同比增加了17%。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Charlie

審稿：夏林

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The total number of apps in Apple’s App Store declined for the first time last year, according to new data from the analytics company Appfigures.

Over the course of the year, the number of apps in the store declined from 2.2 million to 2.1 million, marking the first time the store had fewer apps at the end of the year than it did in the beginning.

The reason for that change is likely Apple’s decision to remove older apps from the store that were not being updated regularly, The Verge notes.

Last year, Apple removed apps that were not built on 64-bit architecture, something necessary for them to work on newer iPhone models.

That meant that a number of abandoned apps were cleared out from the store, including past favorites such as Flappy Bird. Apple also removed a number of other low-quality apps from the App Store in 2017, including those that were clones of other apps that already existed in the store.

However, the removal of old apps wasn’t the only reason for the decline. Appfigures notes that just 755,000 apps were released for iOS last year, a 29% drop from 2016. In contrast, 1.5 million apps were released for Android last year, marking a 17% year-over-year increase.