More broadly than the VK and mail.ru apps mentioned in the article as being pulled by Apple, but not (yet?) Google, there's an Ars article today [1] looking at

More broadly than the VK and mail.ru apps mentioned in the article as being pulled by Apple, but not (yet?) Google, there's an Ars article today [1] looking at a bigger picture: > Google and Apple have removed hundreds of apps from their app stores at the request of governments around the world ... [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/apps-can-pose-bigger-security-privacy-threat-based-on-where-you-download-them/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/apps-... EDIT to add that the Ars article was originally published in The Conversation - https://theconversation.com/the-same-app-can-pose-a-bigger-security-and-privacy-threat-depending-on-the-country-where-you-download-it-study-finds-189099 https://theconversation.com/the-same-app-can-pose-a-bigger-s...