New Delhi: 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 had been a complete of 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. (Also Read: Latest FD Rates 2023: These Banks Revised Fixed Deposit Rates In May)
As of 2022, Apple had 1,783,232 apps in whole on the App Store, based on 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. (Also Read: 47% Of Americans Used ChatGPT For Stock Picks: Study)
App submissions accredited after rejection had been 253,466 and the whole variety of apps lastly faraway from the App Store was 186,195 in 2022. The first report was 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 checklist of eliminated apps.
The whole variety of registered Apple builders on the App Store was 36,974,015 whereas Apple terminated 428,487 developer accounts for violating its insurance policies in 2022.
“Since it launched in 2008, the App Store has proven to be a safe and trusted place to discover and download apps,” based on Apple.
Earlier this week, Apple introduced that its App Store prevented over $2.09 billion in doubtlessly fraudulent transactions in 2022, blocking practically 3.9 million stolen bank cards from getting used to make purchases, and banned 7,14,000 accounts from transacting once more.
