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The App Store is a digital distribution platform by Apple for downloading and updating iOS and other Apple operating system applications.
… In a statement to Ars, Google spokesperson Dan Jackson said the five apps that Chiu flagged were suspended from the Google Play store for violating policies against harmful content. “Google Play does not allow apps that contain sexual content, and we continually take proactive steps to detect and r… …
According to Apple’s 2025 App Store Transparency Report , Russia is the runaway world leader in one category: Demanding that Apple remove apps from its App Store. In 2025, Russia asked that Apple remove 1,213 apps—many of these VPN apps designed to thwart the country’s draconian Internet censorship. …
… Those commissions help Apple develop and update “the iPhone screen that displays it, the iPhone touch controls that direct the virtual character, the Apple silicon chip that processes all iOS software, the app development tools Epic used to build Fortnite for iOS, and the App Store platform that do… …
… The Texas App Store Accountability Act requires app stores to determine people’s ages with a “commercially reasonable method of verification” and to impose restrictions on people under 18. Apple and Google announced plans to comply with the law last year but warned that it would harm users’ privacy. …
… The publisher added a direct purchase option to the game in violation of both Apple’s and Google’s rules. Naturally, Fortnite was pulled from the App Store and Google Play, kicking off the antitrust lawsuit that is only now reaching its conclusion. …
… AcuRite’s risk Since AcuRite said it’s shuttering My AcuRite, AcuRite Now has received numerous one- and two-star reviews on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, resulting in ratings of 1.4 stars based on 183 reviews and 1.3 stars based on 131 reviews , as of this writing. …