Apple Removed 1,474 Apps From App Store In 2022 After Governments Requested Take Downs

Apple eliminated 1,474 apps from its App Store as per requests from numerous governments to take down such apps in 2022, together with an enormous 1,435 from mainland China and simply 14 from India.

According to the corporate’s ‘2022 App Store Transparency Report’, the Pakistan authorities requested to take down 10 apps whereas Russia requested to take away seven apps for violating numerous legal guidelines of the land.

There have been a complete 18,412 appeals of app removals from numerous businesses worldwide (once more led by China at 5,484), together with 709 from India. Apple restored 24 apps in India after appeals of app removals final 12 months.

As of 2022, Apple had 1,783,232 apps in complete on the App Store, in keeping with the report. The tech big reviewed 6,101,913 app submissions and rejected 1,679,694 final 12 months for violating App Store insurance policies.

App submissions accepted after rejection have been 2,53,466 and complete apps lastly faraway from the App Store have been 186,195 in 2022.

It was the primary report revealed as a part of the corporate’s $100 million settlement with App Store builders in 2021.

Category-wise, video games (38,883), utilities (20,045) and enterprise (16,997) topped the listing of eliminated apps.

Total variety of registered Apple builders on the App Store was 36,974,015 whereas Apple terminated 4,28,487 developer accounts for violating its insurance policies in 2022.

“Since it launched in 2008, the App Store has confirmed to be a protected and trusted place to find and obtain apps,” according to Apple.

Earlier this week, Apple announced that its App Store prevented over $2.09 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2022, blocking nearly 3.9 million stolen credit cards from being used to make purchases, and banned 7,14,000 accounts from transacting again.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – IANS)