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518: 497: 1178:, which solves the tvOS/watchOS/soon visionOS problem. I've gone back on my argument that if people type "App Store" capitalized, they want the Apple article; it's true only for desktop users. Mobile readers type the name in the app then pick the article from a list of search suggestions. They may not notice a small difference in capitalization, and not having "(Apple)" would reduce recognizability. They'd be forced to rely on the short description, which they may not notice, and which is in smaller font with lower contrast. (I just changed the short description; it was so long that the distinctive part, "for iOS and iPadOS", would have been cut off on many phones smaller than phablets). 607: 586: 1268: 790: 704: 397: 294: 370: 273: 465: 737: 211: 242: 806: 936:
Note that the current title is inaccurate, since this isn't just the iOS and iPadOS App Store, it's also the tvOS store, and the watchOS store (all covered here), and soon the xrOS store. So I don't know why we insist on parenthetical disambiguation when a hatnote here, and a hatnote at
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This isn't a formal move request; I'm gauging consensus first. Others are free to change this section heading and rewrite my initial comment if they feel a proper, neutrally-worded move request is appropriate (but please ping me afterwards).
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redirects here. Why? That makes no sense whatsoever to me. Please see the November 13, 2020 move request in this talk page's header for more. If people type
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Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
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within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the
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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.
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Also, what happened to the article that lists the most downloaded smartphone apps overall? I only see articles for each OS now.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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as primary topic per diffcaps. In other words, both Rreagan and Remagoxer have good ideas from my perspective.
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This (the charts of most installed and highest grossing apps) is very outdated. Can someone please update it?
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on 5 January 2023. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see
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could be resolved by hatnotes. If a parenthetical disambiguator is deemed necessary, I would think
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This article is about Apple's app distribution platform. For the general concept, see
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as the preferred title of most participants in the discussion below
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called the "App Store"; the other major app stores are called
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