Google rejected 1.75M policy-violating Android apps and blocked 80K+ developer accounts from Google Play in 2025, down from 2.36M apps and 158K accounts in 2024
Fewer bad actors are targeting Google Play with malicious apps, the company says, a shift that the tech giant credits …
Google rejected 2.28M “policy-violating” Android apps and blocked ~333K developer accounts from Google Play in 2023, up from 1.5M apps and 173K accounts in 2022
Serious Warning For Millions Of iPhone, iPad Users The Economic Times : Google prevented 2.28 million apps from being published due to policy violations Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google on Play Store sa...
Apple makes iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma developer betas free for anyone with an Apple ID, not just users with $99/year developer accounts
For years, access to the iOS developer beta and other developer builds has only been available through a $99/year developer account.
Apple touts $2B+ in App Store fraud stopped in 2022, nearly 3.9M stolen credit cards blocked, 147M+ ratings/reviews removed, and 428K developer accounts closed
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Google blocked 1M+ apps that violated its policies from being published on the Play Store in 2021, and banned 190K developer accounts for malicious behavior
No one wants some off-brand Candy Crush knockoff melting their phone — As smartphones become the primary device for millions of users …
Google says all Play Store developer accounts will need to enable 2-Step Verification, provide an address, and verify their contact details later this year
To improve developer security on the Play Store, Google is requiring those that develop for Android to abide by 2-Step Verification … Source: Android Developers Blog .
Apple says that ~1M new apps and ~1M app updates were rejected in 2020, 470,000+ developer accounts were terminated over fraud concerns, and more
- Apple said it rejected almost 1 million apps that were submitted to its App Store for the first time in 2020.
Epic Games says Apple informed it that all of Epic's developer accounts will be terminated on August 28; Epic has asked a court to issue a restraining order
Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store and has informed Epic that on Friday, August 28 Apple will terminate all our developer accounts and cut Epic off from iOS and Mac development tools. We are as...