WhatsApp Sticker Apps Reportedly Being Removed From App Store

WhatsApp Sticker Apps Reportedly Being Removed From App Store

19 November 2018

Apple has started deleting all WhatsApp Sticker apps from the App Store

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These apps have found to be violating the Apple's developer guidelinesNo official statement about this has been released by Apple or WhatsAppIn October, WhatsApp added support for third-party stickers

Apple has started deleting all WhatsApp Sticker apps from the App Store as these apps have found to be violating the company's guidelines for developers, according to WABetaInfo -- a fan website that tracks upcoming WhatsApp features.

WABetaInfo says that the reasons Apple is taking this decision to remove WhatsApp Sticker apps is that there are many apps with similar behaviour on the app store, many apps with a similar design, and, the apps require WhatsAppto be installed when App Storeguidelines instruct apps should not require other apps. However, no official statement about this has been released by Apple or WhatsApp as yet.

In October, WhatsApp announced in a blog post that it is adding support for third-party developers to build sticker apps for WhatsApp for both Android and iOS users.

Designers were asked to "publish your sticker app like any other app on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store and users who download and install your app will be able to start sending those stickers right from within WhatsApp."

Post this announcement, the Apple App Store began being flooded with these sticker apps.

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Android WARNING as Google will soon begin charging for its apps

Android WARNING as Google will soon begin charging for its apps

Google has not typically charged for its Android apps (Image: Google • Getty)

GOOGLE will soon begin charging Android device manufacturers a licence payment for its mobile applications suite following the European Commission’s decision to fine the tech giant €4.34 billion for "illegal practices".

By Kabeer Abdullahi

PUBLISHED: 11:00/20/10/2018

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Google has not typically charged for its Android apps, instead allowing third-party firms to harness them for free.

That is because the Mountain View company makes a score of revenue through its Search application and Chrome browser.

Back in July the European Commission finedGoogle the whopping sum after claiming "illegal restrictions" were imposed on Android device manufacturers to "cement its dominant position in general internet search".

The European Commission insisted the required pre-installation of both the Google Search and Chrome applications in exchange for its Play Store licence should be altered.

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Margrethe Vestager, who is in charge of competition policy for the Commission, said: "Today, mobile internet makes up more than half of global internet traffic.

"It has changed the lives of millions of Europeans.

"Our case is about three types of restrictions that Google has imposed on Android device manufacturers and network operators to ensure that traffic on Android devices goes to the Google search engine."

In response to the fine and claims, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, responded by insisting Android has created more choice for users in a counter to the European Commission's argument.

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He said: "If you buy an Android phone, you’re choosing one of the world’s two most popular mobile platforms—one that has expanded the choice of phones available around the world.

"The European Commission issued a competition decision against Android, and its business model.

"The decision ignores the fact that Android phones compete with iOS phones, something that 89 percent of respondents to the Commission’s own market survey confirmed."

Google has appealed the moves from the Commission but in the meantime has outlined its future changes to Android that will "comply with the decision".

Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google's Senior Vice President for platforms and ecosystems, declared: "First, we’re updating the compatibility agreements with mobile device makers that set out how Android is used to develop smartphones and tablets.

"Going forward, Android partners wishing to distribute Google apps may also build non-compatible, or forked, smartphones and tablets for the European Economic Area (EEA)."

Most notably, Lockheimer said manufacturers will be able to "license the Google mobile application suite" for a fee.

He went on: "Second, device manufacturers will be able to license the Google mobile application suite separately from the Google Search App or the Chrome browser.

MATSALAR DA FACEBOOK KE JAWOWA MUTUM SHI KANSA DA KUMA WAYAR TASA BAKI DAYA

Kasancewar Manhajar nan ta Facebook da ake sanya ma waya, wato Facebook App, a matsayin wata hanya mafi sauki da mutane ke amfani da ita domin shiga dandalin sada zumunta na Facebook, ya sa mutane da yawa kan yi amfani da ita wajen shiga tare da yin Chatting a Facebook.

Amma ba duka daga cikin mutane ba suka fahimci irin matsalolin da wannan app na Facebook ke janyo ma waya da kuma wanda ke amfani wayar.
A cikin wannan kasidar, mun raba wadannan matsaloli zuwa gida biyu, kuma zamu yi sharhi a kan ko wane daga cikinsu.

1. YANDA MATSALAR KE SHAFAR WAYA
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Matsala ta farko da Facebook App ke haddasa ma waya ita ce, da zaran mutum yayi installing dinsa, zaya rika ja masa data tare da kara girma, abin da kan sanya Memory ya yi saurin cikewa. Abin da ya sa kuma App din yake cike memory shine, yana daukar duk wani hoto, video da kuma rubutu da ka gani a saman Facebook tare da ajiye su a cikin kan memory.
Wannan ne ya sanya idan da zaku duba App din (a cikin App Manager) zaku ga a ko da yaushe girmansa kara karuwa yake yi.

Sanadiyyar wannan nauyi da app din ke karawa,
a wasu lokutan yana sanyawa waya ta rage sauri ( ta koma yin slow), tare da yin tsaye chak (hooking) idan abin ya tsananta.

2.YANDA MATSALAR KE SHAFAR MUTUM
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Wannan app an tsara shine domin ya janyo hankalin mutane ta yanda zasu rika kashe lokaci mai yawa a saman Facebook din ba tare da sun fita ba. Ku kanku zaku iya fahimtar hakan,
saboda idan kuka kula zaku ga cewa, idan kuna amfani da app din to ba zaku taba ganin karshen posts da mutane ke yi ba.

Wannan na sanya mutum yayi ta mataya kasa (scrolling) ba tare kula da lokacin da ya bata ba.
Wata matsalar kuma ita ce, wannan app na Facebook yana hana mutane fahimtar ma’ana da kuma amfanin Internet.

Wannan na faruwa ne saboda app din an tsara shi ne ta yanda ba zaya taba barin mutum ya shiga wani shafin Internet kai tsaye ta hanyar wannan app din ba.

Wannan ke sanyawa ko da mutum ya so ziyarar wani shafin (ta hanyar link) to sai ya yi ta loading ba tare da ya bude shafin ba. Wannan ne ya sanya wasu mutane da sun ji an ambaci INTERNET,
to tunaninsu baya wuce FACEBOOK. Domin shi kadai suka sani. Alhalin Facebook kuma daya ne daga cikin dubban shafukan da zaku iya samu a saman INTERNET# din.

Shawarar da zamu baku a nan ita ce, in har kuna bukatar kaucewa wadannan matsaloli da muka ambata, to ku rika shiga Facebook ta hanyar Browsers na (kamar Opera, Chrome da dai sauransu) domin su ne zasu baku cikakkiyar damar fahimtar ma’anar Internet da kuma amfaninta wajen ci gaban harkokin yau da kullum.