3rd Party Software in Support Section

I have been a frequent user of the 3rd party software offering of Apple's support section on their homepage but since the end of March there have been no further updates.
Does anyone know the reason? Has Apple closed down the publishing of 3rd party software via their own web presence?
Thanks in advance,
Christian

Thank you - the link leads to the right website but the software you'll find there has not been updated anymore after March 26th. Until then there have been releases of new software or software updates on a daily basis.
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