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Re:Apple Releases App Store Monthly Active User Counts for E... by Jtsummers on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:53PM (#35732893)
A lot of Watch apps also get installed through the attached iPhone when you install the associated iPhone app. I think it was the default, I turned it off, to have "Automatic Downloads" on for apps. So if that's still the default (or the present setting for the watch) then if you download Strava for iPhone you'll get Strava on your Apple Watch without ever touching the Watch App Store.
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Re:Apple Releases App Store Monthly Active User Counts for E... by izacus on Thursday April 27, 2023 @05:14PM (#35734701)
But it's still Watch App Store which installed and delivered the app right? And the developers must use it to give you the application?

Just because you didn't open the UI it doesn't mean the developers weren't forced to go through that app store to reach you.

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Re:Apple Releases App Store Monthly Active User Counts for E... by anonymouse008 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @07:43PM (#35735895)
This is the disingenuous piece if so - as in if the target is non companion iOS, then it’s watchOS App Store? That breaks the logic of the rest of the data disclosure
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