LifeFuel Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store

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Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store | TechCrunch

Apple has pulled the controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over violations of its content moderation and privacy rules, following a flood of user complaints and reports of minors’ data being exposed.

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Controversial dating safety apps, Tea and TeaOnHer, have been pulled from the Apple App Store. The apps’ removal was first spotted by the app store intelligence provider Appfigures, which told TechCrunch the two apps were removed from the App Store on Tuesday in all markets but remain live on Google Play.

Reached for comment, Apple confirmed the apps’ removal, saying it removed Tea Dating Advice and TeaOnHer from the App Store because they failed to meet Apple’s requirements around content moderation and user privacy. The company also said it saw an excessive number of user complaints and negative reviews, which included complaints of minors’ personal information being posted in these apps.

Appfigures says the Tea app saw 6.1 million total lifetime downloads and had generated $5 million in gross revenue to date. TeaOnHer had 2.2 million downloads and didn’t offer in-app purchases. It notes the apps remain live on Google Play for now.

With their App Store removal, however, copycats are gaining traction. For instance, an app called TeaOnHer and Him – Overheard has 354,000 total downloads and has jumped from No. 90 on the Overall Top App Charts to No. 27.

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The ever-growing issue with people doxing each other online in the name of dating safety is far from over, but this marks a big step in the right direction. The fact that the backlash from these apps triggered a huge concern over privacy and an online vigilante effort to expose malicious actors behind these platforms shows that this conception was doomed to fail from the beginning. However, it is still imperative that these apps are also removed from the Google Play store to prevent more men from being harmed by weaponized misandry, along with its handful of other imitators.

 

[gluttony]

Kek and a W from apple removing this shit.

 

[DoomThreeKoala]

Proud day to be a blue bubble.

 

[WeirdoDesperado]

Suifuel for foids who absolutely love apple products at the same time

 

[DoomThreeKoala]

Suifuel for foids who absolutely love apple products at the same time

I only am a blue bubble because I've been one for a long time. I actually tried switching to green bubble once but it didn't work out.

 

[Leon98]

 

[LeFrenchCel]

People were still using those after the data leaks?

Fucking retards tbh