{"id":82121,"date":"2022-09-29T21:12:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T21:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/apple-explains-why-it-kicked-the-ad-free-instagram-app-out\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T21:12:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T21:12:16","slug":"apple-explains-why-it-kicked-the-ad-free-instagram-app-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/apple-explains-why-it-kicked-the-ad-free-instagram-app-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple explains why it kicked the ad-free Instagram app out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Earlier this week, a new third-party Instagram app dubbed \u201cOG App\u201d launched on the App Store.  This app offered an ad-free Instagram experience, among other improvements.  Just a day after its launch, however, Apple removed OG App from the App Store, and we now have more details on the reasoning behind this removal. <\/p>\n<p>Apple explained to <em>9to5Mac <\/em>on Thursday morning that it was forced to remove OG App from the App Store because it used Instagram&#8217;s API in a way that was not allowed per Meta&#8217;s terms of service. <\/p>\n<p>Apple said that it discovered OG App was using Instagram&#8217;s service in an unauthorized manner, which is a violation of App Store Review Guidelines as well as Instagram&#8217;s terms of use.  Apple also pointed out that this could have exposed Instagram users&#8217; accounts to privacy and security vulnerabilities. <\/p>\n<p>Apple specifically pointed us to the App Store Review Guideline 5.2.2, which says the following: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Make sure your app only includes content that you created or that you have a license to use.  Your app may be removed if you&#8217;ve stepped over the line and used content without permission.<\/p>\n<p>If your app uses, accesses, monetizes access to, or displays content from a third-party service, ensure that you are specifically permitted to do so under the service&#8217;s terms of use.  Authorization must be provided upon request.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meta also publicly called out the OG App, again saying that the app violates its \u201cpolicies\u201d and that it would be \u201ctaking all appropriate enforcement action.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As such, the OG App was removed from the App Store and is no longer available for download.  If you&#8217;ve already downloaded the app, it will also stop working as Meta cuts off the app&#8217;s access to its Instagram API. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news:<\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M2 iPad Pro: Everything We Expect!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2jDz9oRNK4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, a new third-party Instagram app dubbed \u201cOG App\u201d launched on the App Store. This app offered an ad-free Instagram experience, among other improvements. Just a day after its launch, however, Apple removed OG App from the App Store, and we now have more details on the reasoning behind this removal. Apple explained &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/apple-explains-why-it-kicked-the-ad-free-instagram-app-out\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple explains why it kicked the ad-free Instagram app out<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82129,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/apple-removed-the-og-app-from-the-app-store-for-unauthorized-access-of-instagrams-services-techcrunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":82121,"position":0},"title":"Apple removed The OG App from the App Store for unauthorized access of Instagram&#8217;s services TechCrunch","date":"September 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Update 11:10 AM EST: Apple told TechCrunch that it removed The OG App as it was accessing Instagram's service in an unauthorized manner, which violated the Meta-owned platform's terms. 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