However, users were soon bombarded with ads for various Gambling apps. Along with users, even developers took to twitter to show their outrage against this move.
— Simon B. Støvring (@simonbs) October 25, 2022
– MacRumors Apple shouldn’t be OK with it, either. The App Store has corrupted such a great company so deeply. They make so much from gambling and manipulative IAPs that they don’t even see the problem anymore. https://t.co/MnNlf7k0kT — Marco Arment (@marcoarment) October 25, 2022 Finally, after all the visible outrage, the Cupertino Giant has paused the listing of Gambling apps in the Apple App Store. In a reply to MacRumors, Apple stated “We have paused ads related to gambling and a few other categories on App Store product pages.“. The keyword in the statement is ‘paused‘, and Apple certainly isn’t pulling the plug on the very lucrative gambling and sports betting industry. The company will probably try and moderate it better going forward, perhaps by restricting gambling ads to a few categories on the App Store. A lot of Silicon Valley companies are finally feeling the heat of the recent global economic headwinds. Even a company like Apple had to order production cuts across its iPhone lineup. And in such global conditions, the company would certainly look at its ads and services business more to maintain decent growth. – Apple Q4 Result Expectations, Investopedia
