The global app economy continued to recover in 2024, after an earlier slowdown in 2022 — at least in terms of consumer spending. In 2024, global consumer

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.

  • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    14 hours 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.

  • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    19 hours ago

    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

  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
    11·
    22 hours ago

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

    • Evotech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      16 hours ago

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

      • weirdboy@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        14 hours ago

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

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
    12·
    23 hours 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.