Apple is currently stuck in a legal battle against Epic Games, and while we still do not have our hands on the verdict, there are chances that it might shape the future of the App Store. However, that does not mean that Apple is not proud of its digital storefront, as the company has announced today about how App Store has managed to keep users around the world safe.
Apple announced on the website that App Store had done a lot of work in the past year. According to Apple, App Store has managed to stop more than $1.5 billion in “potentially fraudulent transactions” throughout 2020. Apple has also talked about how their digital storefront is a “safe and trust place”.
Apple Proudly Shows How the App Store is a Safe and Trusted Place for Users and Developers
Apple also notes that there have been threats that have existed on the App Store since the start; over the past couple of years, these threats have only become more sophisticated and grew in number. The company has taken “relentless steps” to tackle these risks, both for the users and the developers.
This what the announcement had to say,
The company also talks about how they have rejected over 48,000 apps in 2020 alone as these apps contained hidden or undocumented features. Not just that, over 215,000 apps were rejected for violating privacy. The App Store prevented over 3 million stolen cards from being used for purchases, and 424 million attempted account creations were rejected.
Apple also terminated 470,000 developer accounts last year, and there were 244 million customer accounts that were also deactivated. In addition to that, there were over 1 million accounts that were banned from initiating a transaction.
Apple has also shed light on the app review process in detail and has highlighted that the entirety of the process only has a single goal: to keep the users safe.
