Apple Cracking Down on Third-Party Coronavirus Apps on the App Store

Apple tree Cracking Down on Tertiary-Party Coronavirus Apps on the App Shop

Posted by on Mar 06, 2022 in App Store, News

Apple has started cracking downwardly on COVID-19 and coronavirus related apps on the App Shop that are non from recognized health institutions and regime bodies. The company is presumably making this move to prevent the spread of misinformation amongst users related to the virus outbreak which tin can be farther worsened past a tertiary-party app showing inaccurate data.

Apple is taking down apps from third-party developers that are making employ of reliable sources like the World Health Organisation as well though. The visitor wants apps from merely recognized bodies on the App Store related to current medical information.

Four contained developers told CNBC that Apple rejected their apps, which would permit people to see stats about which countries have confirmed cases of the COVID-xix coronavirus. Some of these apps used public data from reliable sources like the World Health Organisation (WHO) to create dashboards or alive maps.

Apple has fifty-fifty updated its App Store policy with a new clause stating that apps in "high-regulated" fields like healthcare, fiscal services, etc. must be submitted past a "legal entity that provides the services, and non by an individual developer."

Some shady developers could also attempt and release spammy apps related to coronavirus and take advantage of the situation to make money. Thus, Apple tree'southward moves make sense. Due to the crackdown, search results on the App Store for coronavirus or COVID 19 now return fewer results. Apple tree is not the just one to ban third-political party COVID-19 apps on the App Store though. Google has also cracked downward on coronavirus apps on the Play Store and banned search terms like "coronavirus" and COVID-19."

[Via CNBC]