Apple removes 25,000 gambling-related apps from its Chinese App Store.
Because of some negative comments from the Chinese state television, the American technology business Apple has gotten rid of over 25,000 apps that were thought to be flouted gambling apps from the Chinese app store. The cleaning procedures of this tech giant are now heading to Norway.
The California-based tech company Apple Inc. has disapproved more than 25,000 gambling-related app applications from the Chinese market to follow Chinese censorship laws. 4,000 of the apps had 'gambling' as a keyword, and another 500 had 'lottery' as a keyword. Apple's significant step is a reaction to the Chinese Central Television (CCTV) which is linked with the Chinese Ministry of Film, Television, and Radio.
The state-controlled broadcasting channel had been blaming Apple since early July for selling illegal and fake lottery tickets. It is allege that there was an undefined number of App Store users who were convinced to download 'fake' gambling apps through bogus (favorable) reviews.
The App Store's content of this smartphone inventor does not adhere to the 'prohibited content guidelines', but Apple has been nonchalant in the matter for a long while and allowed the widespread distribution of illegal apps. It is not only enough to just remove the apps from the Chinese app store, but it ought to be ensured that all priorly installed apps are made inoperable due to the ban. This has not been done frequently in the past, they say.
To avoid more critical conflicts with Beijing, Apple has recently acknowledged the 'allegations' - they will try harder in the future and be more mindful of Chinese rules, it is claimed modestly. In a conversation with New York media mogul Bloomberg, the multi-billion-dollar company stated:
"Gambling apps are illegal and should not be provided in China's app store. We have already taken out many apps and developers who attempt to spread illegal gambling apps through our app store. We are especially vigilant in finding and stopping them from being present in our app store."
Apple's Problems with the Chinese Regime
As previously mentioned, Apple has been in the stringent guidelines of the socialist nation regime under China's President Xi Jinping on previous occurrences. According to Bloomberg, Apple had to apologize to the Chinese government in 2013 for 'poor service standards' - also spread by CCTV. The company undertook the necessary adjustments.
Most recently, in 2017, 674 VPN apps, which include VoIP services like Skype, were deleted at the behest of Beijing. Apple CEO Tim Cook justified it rather shallowly that they were just following 'local laws'. The App Store also serves as a medium for 'human expression, education, artistic freedom, and economic chances', so it is crucial to remain active on China's market despite the precarious legal position. Nonetheless, economists, politicians, and media professionals called Apple morally corrupt.
China has recently stirred a trade war with the US - Apple was warned not to be ensnared in the middle, threatened from Beijing. In light of the present politically tense situation between the two nuclear powers, criticisms are growing again in its own nation about the 'tacit' operation of its iPhone manufacturer, which is solely concerned with preserving its most significant sales market.
The seemingly unwavering obedience of the megacorporation to the most populous nation on Earth is said to put the US economy's health at risk and not least endanger worldwide trust in the US, according to the accusations. In numerous media, there is already talk of a Chinese hostage situation.
In reality, China has now become Apple's main sales market: in Q2 2018, the American company registered sales of more than $13 billion (~ €11.2 billion) in this region, whilst sales for all of Europe, in the same period, amounted to just $800 million more. According to its own statements, Apple's latest purge is only to be viewed in the context of the worldwide-oriented iTunes purge to protect against illegal app offers.
In response to the demands of the Norwegian government, Apple has been making headlines with the removal of an unspecified number of supposedly gambling apps and simulators. However, many of the apps were disingenuously banned from the store, as it emerged later. Apple also replied to complaints in this case with casual diminutions.
Consequently, there's a possible suspicion that Apple is striving to gain absolute omnipresence while hiding underneath the banner of regulatory goodwill. It remains to be seen which app store the company will use to wield the axe next.
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