title: Can previous customers still download iOS apps for which the developer account has expired?
body: <p>Apple <a href="https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">states</a> that once a developer account for the iOS App Store expires, its published apps can no longer be downloaded.</p>
  
  <p>Does this only affect new customers, or will users who have downloaded the app while it was still available be able to redownload it from their "past purchases" section in the App Store or iTunes?</p>
  
  <p>I know that this has been <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3030889/what-happens-to-my-apps-after-my-developer-account-membership-expires">asked</a> in the past, but those answers either predate or do not mention the "past purchases" feature of the App Store.</p>
  
  <p>(For example, I am still able to download a certain bird-themed jumping game from that section, even though it is no longer listed in the store; however, in that case, the app has probably only been depublished even though the associated developer account is still available.)</p>