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It depends who does the removing. In the past Apple themselves have removed apps from both the App Store and customer devices for malware issues. But if a devel
by tadfisher 14y ago
It depends who does the removing. In the past Apple themselves have removed apps from both the App Store and customer devices for malware issues. But if a developer stops selling an app, it remains on your device.
- chc 14y agoEven if Apple removes it, you get to keep it on your device unless it's something you don't want anyway (i.e. malware). For example, that flashlight app that allowed free tethering a while back got banned from the App Store, but users who bought it got to keep it.
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoLike the parent said, it depends. A normal App Store pull won't remove installed instances from users' devices, but that mechanism (the "kill switch") /does/ exist for Apple to use in extreme cases (or, really, whenever they want to, since they're the ones who are really in control).
- chc 14y agoThe comment I was replying to said it depends on whether it's Apple or the developer who pulls it from the store. What you are reiterating here is what I said — that being pulled by Apple does not normally result in the app being deleted from devices, but Apple does have the power to do it.
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoMy mistake, then.
- megablast 14y agoVery rarely, maybe once or twice. And even if they do that, you still have the apk on your harddrive, you can back it up.
- eridius 14y agoCitation please? To the best of my knowledge, Apple has never removed any app directly from the user's devices.