Apple Faces Scrutiny as Sanctioned Entities Slip Through App Store Controls
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>"Blacklisted foreign companies persist in app stores [...]"
>"Watchdog finds firms and organizations in Apple and Google stores [...]"
>"[...] remained available in app stores maintained by Apple and Google [...]"
Wonder why the submitter of this article titled it "Apple Faces Scrutiny [...]"...?
As they say, Apple is rarely the first to do something but boy do they do it right
[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/10/apple-app-store-hosting...