Apple revised its App Review Guidelines twice in 2026, on February 6 and again on June 8, and one of the changes now lets Apple remove long-standing apps from the store simply for not attracting customers. Both updates are posted on Apple’s developer news page in Apple’s own wording, without a redline showing the previous…
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Apple Disclosed 2,045 Government App Takedowns, and Russia Accounts for More Than Half
Apple’s own App Store Transparency Report lists 2,045 apps removed worldwide at the request of governments, with Russia responsible for more than half of that total on its own. The figures come from Apple’s legal site, not from a leak or a rival’s estimate, and Apple frames every removal as limited to the country whose…
Telegram's App Store Removal Lasted About 40 Minutes, and Apple Explained Why
Apple removed Telegram from the App Store for about 40 minutes on the night of Monday, August 3, 2026, after a review found content that violated its rules against child sexual abuse material, then restored the app once Telegram removed the content and banned the account that posted it. Apple confirmed both the removal and…