The Once and Future App Store

This week on AppStories, we celebrate the 500th episode of the show with a look at the App Store's past, present, and future.
On AppStories+, Federico and John pick some of their all-time favorite apps.
Also available on YouTube here (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDSpdP6G2mHvrG8-Mlf…).
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Links and Show Notes
App Store History
• The App Store at 10 (macstories.net/tag/app-store-10), MacStories' 2018 coverage of the App Store's 10th anniversary
Apps Discussed From The Early App Store Era
• Instapaper (apps.apple.com/us/app/instapaper/id288545208)
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitterrific
• Spotify (spotify.com)
• WhatsApp (whatsapp.com)
AI and the Modern App Store
• Inside OpenAI's Codex with Andrew Ambrosino (MacStories) (macstories.net/linked/inside-openais-codex-wit…)
AppStories+ Post-Show:
All-Time Favorite Apps
• Overcast (apps.apple.com/us/app/overcast/id888422857)
• Editorial (apps.apple.com/us/app/editorial/id673907758)
• Pythonista 3 (apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097)
• Drafts (apps.apple.com/us/app/drafts/id1236254471)
• Unread: An RSS Reader (apps.apple.com/us/app/unread-an-rss-reader/id1…)
• Working Copy (apps.apple.com/us/app/git-client-working-copy/…)
• Open Minis (apps.apple.com/us/app/open-minis/id6759188481)
• Launch Center Pro (macstories.net/stories/creating-home-screen-ic…)
• Screens 5: VNC Remote Desktop (apps.apple.com/us/app/screens-5-vnc-remote-des…)
• Mercury Weather (apps.apple.com/us/app/mercury-weather/id162180…)
• CARROT Weather (apps.apple.com/us/app/carrot-weather/id993487541)
• Alyx Caffeine Tracker (alyxcaffeinetracker.com)
• Sequel Media Tracker (apps.apple.com/us/app/sequel-media-tracker/id1…)
• LookUp (apps.apple.com/sn/mac/story/id1876081080)
• Chronicling (chroniclingapp.com)
• Jayson (apps.apple.com/us/app/jayson/id1447750768)
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