hTC 從 Play 商店下架了 14 個 App - 手機討論

消息來源（短連結）：http://bit.ly/2Is3TvJ

原連結：
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/08/htc-has-unpublished-many-of-its-
android-apps-on-the-play-store-including-calendar-and-people/

標題：
HTC has unpublished many of its Android apps from the Play Store, including
Calendar and People

內文重點摘錄：
1. 過去三個月，hTC 下架了多達 14 個 App，包括 Sense、Mail、Calendar、Contact 等
Apps

2. 作者推測， hTC 今年的新機可能採用 Android One 作業系統，此推測未獲官方證實。

原文：
Back in February, we wrote about the disappearance of the HTC Mail app from
the Play Store, but it was quickly restored. More recently, we received a tip
about the Sense Home launcher also vanishing, but closer inspection shows
that a total of 14 HTC apps have been unpublished in the last three months.

Looking at the latest HTC Corporation activity in App Brain, we can see that
the Sense Home launcher and contacts app People were unpublished just this
month. 12 more apps, including Calendar, Dot View, and Speak suffered a
similar fate in February, while the Mail app that went and then returned is
once again conspicuous by its absence.

A few of the unpublished apps hadn't been updated in months, so it's likely
they simply weren't being used or supported any longer and therefore had no
reason to still be on the Play Store. However, apps like Mail, Contacts, and
People are supposedly key alternative apps that come preinstalled on HTC
devices, so it's a little strange to see those removed.

It's not clear exactly why this is happening, but there are a few possible
reasons. HTC's smartphone business hasn't been doing all that well in recent
years, and supporting a bunch of apps that few people are using doesn't make
much sense. That said, there are still plenty more apps from the Taiwanese
company still live on the Play Store. Perhaps the new phones HTC plans to
launch in 2019 will ship with Android One, thus eliminating the need for its
own stock apps altogether. Taking a leaf out of HMD Global/Nokia's book
wouldn't be the worst idea. This is all speculation, however, and I've
reached to HTC to see if we can get any official word on the matter.

心得：

1. 感謝板友提醒，轉貼新聞要記得附上原連結、原文，並加上心得，避免被水桶。
2. 原先使用手機發文，故僅簡單重點摘錄，請見諒。
3. hTC 的沒落實在很明顯，早期的 Sence 還是主打賣點，現在竟然都下架了，可惜。
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