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>Which is unhelpful for the cases where the developers no longer have any interest in their apps or even exist (bankrupt, disbanded, in some cases deceased)

If they are "bankrupt, disbanded, in some cases deceased" then maybe insisting on using those apps are not the best course for the user either...

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As I commented last time on the subject: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15285252

Sometimes the apps are the only way to access something else, in this case a car remote unlock.

Sometimes someone has paid actual money for an app, more than the $1 baseline; some music apps are in triple figures.

This is a valid concern, I don't understand why you are getting downvoted.

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