Apple suspends over 135,000 apps across EU App Stores

19 February 2025
The move is in accordance with the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA).

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Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025How does providing developer's address help anyone exc... moreBecause governments want "their" (meaning yours) money :D. It's always about the money, usually under the guise of "security" or "safety" for us always unsafe feeling general public :))

    Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025I'll bet so "idiot" will blame Apple for thi... moreGlory to EU, all the tech monopolism is dead. EU is the prime example on the planet how to deal with them.

      go, 20 Feb 2025fantastic take many more, use a good browser like Firefox d... moreRelevant apps should be promoted & persued all other trash apps should be purged

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        • y26
        • 20 Feb 2025

        Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025How does providing developer's address help anyone exc... moreSlows down the fake apps that bypass App store security. Tons and tons of apps every day get banned by the same group of people that have an unlimited number of developer accounts that they spam the same app into in hopes one will slip through the cracks.

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          • Hugi
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          • 20 Feb 2025

          Carol-, 20 Feb 2025Or they abandoned their apps, happens a lot this days.Yes most of them must have been abandoned ir defunct apps.

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            • 20 Feb 2025

            Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025How does providing developer's address help anyone exc... moreSimple, difficult to hide from TAX requirements... ;)

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              • IDt
              • 20 Feb 2025

              Tobias, 20 Feb 2025The law makes sense worldwide and not just for the EU. E... moreHow does providing developer's address help anyone except criminals?

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                • Bnx
                • 20 Feb 2025

                reminds me that there are still no new 3rd party apps on the officially available AltStore PAL app market, seemingly because Apple continues to exert control over it by way of requiring apps on there to be "notarized" by them. whatever that actually means, it seems to be sufficient to keep the store mostly empty

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                  • ng5
                  • 20 Feb 2025

                  The law makes sense worldwide and not just for the EU.

                  Either: You offer free apps and don't have to provide your details.
                  Or: You earn money with your apps and need to pay taxes on the income. That's why they want to have the developer infos.

                    Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025Is it legal to add fake info? What about privacy? I definit... moreI'm pretty sure it is not about giving your information for everyine to see in App store.

                      Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025I'll bet so "idiot" will blame Apple for thi... moreAnd where is the problem in providing official Data about your company? Or yours if you are private dev? Like this EU can better understand apples finance in europe, and can better tame the greed monster.

                        Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025Only idiots are the devs that didn't provide the info.Or they abandoned their apps, happens a lot this days.

                          Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025egarly waiting the status of backdoor request by euNo worries they are already there without EU requesting anything. Actually EU wants to stop exactly that from further happening. But well, when ignorance is bliss you just comment without researching.

                            Kuba, 20 Feb 2025EU will die soon because its run by incompetent beaurocrats.Well, in the past few days i said a lot of times, "this is the most ignorant comment i have ever read". Fun fact, thrre is always another that tops the last one...

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                              • 20 Feb 2025

                              go, 20 Feb 2025fantastic take many more, use a good browser like Firefox d... moreIt's hard to detox the people who got used to having an app for everything.

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                                • 20 Feb 2025

                                Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025Not EU, it was UK but yeah interesting request.some illiterate people in the EU also want backdoors will never happen, änd till ända , end-to-end cryptography is the backbone of the internet

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                                  • S37
                                  • 20 Feb 2025

                                  fantastic take many more, use a good browser like Firefox does the trick, most apps are completely unnecessary.

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                                    • iKD
                                    • 20 Feb 2025

                                    Good, comply to EU rules or gtfo

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                                      • 20 Feb 2025

                                      Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025I'll bet so "idiot" will blame Apple for thi... moreEU will die soon because its run by incompetent beaurocrats.

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                                        • 20 Feb 2025

                                        Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025egarly waiting the status of backdoor request by euNot EU, it was UK but yeah interesting request.

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