The Amphetamine app was introduced in 2014, by William Gustafson. According to reports this app had a massive positive response and has been on the Mac store for 6years. A large number of users have been visiting this app since the past 6years, and it is said that the Amphetamine has been downloaded for over 432,000 times.
What Exactly is Amphetamine?
It has been informed that ‘Amphetamine’ a drug name which is consumed by people to stay awake. This app encourages Mac users to stay awake. This app is available for kids as well as adults.
With reference to its name, Apple believes that it has been encouraging drug consumption.
Why is Amphetamine Banned?
After the warning on Dec 29th, this dispute ended. Although problems with the app store guidelines are still being highlighted.
After 6 years of success Apple declared to ban this app saying that it has been violating the company’s guidelines. The founder of this app, William Gustafson informed the public that Amphetamine is not an illegal drug. This drug is legal and is prescribed for medication in countries like the US. He further denies the statement about the app supporting any kind of drugs usage. He also said that an Apple representative contacted him to remove the app, and the app will be considered to stay on the Apple Store only if the owner of Amphetamine makes changes in the app.
To make his point even stronger he created a “Change.org petition” in which he collected over 500 signatures of people who support him and his app. He later on confirmed that his app is now allowed and will stay on the app store.
Reviews About The App
This app was promoted my Mac app store itself and had amazing reviews. William moreover said that he had various interactions with the apple app store committee and their teams on the review of this app, and no one had any issues before. It’s not very clear to why after all this time this issue was brought up.
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