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Apple has released a web page that introduces its security and privacy protection efforts in the App Store. It is introduced that more than 150,000 apps have been deleted in 2019 alone due to the violation of the guidelines.
Introducing the App Store at the top of the top page
On September 24, local time, Apple installed a banner at the top of the website top page to guide you to a page that introduces your efforts in the App Store.
Apple has said that the App Store is more than just a shopping site, and has provided apps in a safe and reliable environment for more than 10 years, as well as nearly 2 million apps with high standards for privacy, security and content. I explain what I am doing with many numbers.
Review over 100,000 apps every week
The App Store is currently used by 1.5 billion devices in 175 countries and territories around the world.
According to Apple, more than 100,000 new and updated apps are submitted to the App Store each week, all known malware is automatically inspected, and a review team of more than 500 people around the world. It seems that the contents are being scrutinized.
In addition, more than 10,000 of the approved apps utilize healthcare technologies such as HealthKit, CareKit, and ResearchKit from Apple.
More than 150,000 apps that violate the guidelines are deleted annually
As a user protection effort, Apple has removed apps that violated its privacy guidelines from the App Store, with more than 150,000 in 2019 alone.
In addition, 60 million user reviews identified as spam on the App Store have been removed.
In addition to deleting more than 1 million apps that are judged to have problems with the content such as illegal, dangerous, and harmful, more than 2 million apps that have not been updated for the latest OS have been deleted.
Cumulative payments to developers are over 16 trillion yen
The cumulative amount paid by Apple to app developers has exceeded 155 billion dollars (about 16,339 billion yen) since 2008.
The App Store is accessed by more than 500 million users each week, 85% of the apps listed are free, and there is no cost for developers to list apps.
In addition, more than 50% of app downloads come from countries other than the developer’s country of residence.
Source: Apple, MacRumors
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Source: iPhone Mania