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Google has booted 46 apps made by a big Chinese developer from its app store with no explanation
The apps are from Chinese developer iHandy, and BuzzFeed reports that the 46 apps which were taken down collectively garnered tens of millions of downloads. The apps were varied, with a horoscope app, a security app, and a selfie camera filter among those removed.
The filter app — called Sweet Camera — was reportedly amongst the developer's most popular, with 50 million downloads.
Neither Google nor iHandy were immediately available for comment when contacted by Business Insider. A Google spokesperson refused to explain why the apps had been removed when asked by BuzzFeed, but confirmed Google has launched an investigation into them.
When BuzzFeed reported the story eight of iHandy's apps were left on the Play Store, but more seem to be disappearing — as of writing, only five remain.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday September 29 2019, @05:11AM
I didn't know you could boot an app directly, instead of first booting Android and then starting that app. :-)
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