Apple Bans thousands of game apps from China.
With google banning 11 apps from the play store, Apple are seem to be moving in the same line by banning thousands of chines apps.Apple removed 29,800 apps from its Chinese app store on Saturday, including more than 26,000 games, according to data from research firm Qimai. he takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The ban was not done unannounced as apple had given the game publishers an end-of-June deadline to submit a government-issued licence number enabling users to make in-app purchases.
China's Android app stores have long complied with those regulations. It is not clear why Apple is enforcing them strictly this year.
Apple have removed more than 2500 apps from the first week of july from its Appstore. Games affected by the sweep included titles from Zynga and Supercell, research firm Sensor Tower reported at the time.The approval process for games looking to enable in-app purchases is long and complicated, hurting all but the largest game developers, industry insiders say.
"This affects small- and mid-sized developers' incomes the most, but due to the difficulties of acquiring a business licence, it's devastating to the whole iOS game industry in China," said Todd Kuhn, marketing manager for AppIn China, a firm that helps overseas companies distribute their apps.
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