{"id":688651,"date":"2010-03-11T11:31:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T16:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=14197"},"modified":"2010-03-11T11:31:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T16:31:52","slug":"if-a-developer-leaves-marketplace-do-your-apps-disappear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/688651","title":{"rendered":"If a developer leaves Marketplace, do your apps disappear?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D14197\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?resize=50%2C61\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/disappearingapps.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"disappearingapps\" border=\"0\" alt=\"disappearingapps\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/disappearingapps_thumb.png?resize=240%2C240\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>&#160; So claims MSMobiles.com, with some anecdotal evidence to back him up.&#160; At present, in theory there is no real way to back up the installation file of your <a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=marketplace\" >Marketplace<\/a> software.&#160; In practice that is of course a different story , but most users will not have the know how to hack their devices to save the cab prior to its deletion.<\/p>\n<p>In theory also, when a developer leaves Marketplace the app will no longer be sold, but will still remain available for download and re-install.<\/p>\n<p>In practice however, it appears that this is not the case, and if a developer does not renew his yearly $100 subscription or leave marketplace for whatever reason, it appears in a number of cases apps have been removed from the catalogue and are no longer available for install.<\/p>\n<p>If true, this may become a major issue, with companies like Skype effectively being able to remove applications from the phones of users if they ever decide to hard reset and re-install (after a ROM upgrade for example).<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/msmobiles.com\/news.php\/9013.html\" >MSMobiles here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Is this a problem any of our readers have experienced? Let us know below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#160; So claims MSMobiles.com, with some anecdotal evidence to back him up.&#160; At present, in theory there is no real way to back up the installation file of your Marketplace software.&#160; In practice that is of course a different story , but most users will not have the know how to hack their devices to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821,12071],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-software"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2T9h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}