蘋果App Store下架數萬款中國應用
U.S. tech giant Apple removed around 58,000 Chinese apps from the company's official app store between June 10 and 21, 33.5 percent of which were gaming apps.
6月10日至21日，美國科技巨頭蘋果公司從其官方app商城上下架了約58000款中國app，其中33.5%爲棋牌類app。According to , ASO 100, a Beijing-based data analysis platform, detected the anomaly in the Chinese version of the Apple app store in the past two weeks.
據澎湃網報道，北京數據分析平臺ASO 100過去兩週檢測到蘋果app商城中國版本出現異常。On June 15, 22,000 apps were removed, a number that is six to 10 times greater than Apple's daily removal quota.
6月15日，22000款app被下架，這一數字比蘋果每日下架配額的6至10倍還要多。
ASO 100 suggested that such a large-scale removal means Apple is cleaning up and regulating the Chinese app market on its iOS system.
ASO 100暗示，如此大規模的下架意味着蘋果正在清理和規範其iOS系統內的中國app市場。
Users and experts expressed their discontent, noting that the mass removal of apps might be a counterattack by Apple on its Chinese counterpart Tencent; Tencent owns WeChat, whose cash rewards feature was blocked on the iOS platform in April.
用戶和專家對此表達了不滿，他們指出，大規模下架app可能是蘋果對中國騰訊的一次反擊；騰訊有微信，其打賞功能已於4月份在iOS平臺上被關閉。According to ASO 100, Apple's move didn't intentionally target the Chinese app's tip service. Instead, the overhaul was reportedly intended to merely get rid of bad-quality apps, as well as those that violated regulations.
但據ASO 100表示，蘋果下架app並非刻意針對中國app的打賞服務。相反，此次檢查僅僅是爲了排除低質量和違規的app。ASO 100 pointed out that Apple routinely removes a selection of apps every two or three months, so it's not advisable to read too much into this incident.
ASO 100指出，蘋果一般每兩至三個月下架選中的app，因此對此事做過多解讀是不妥當的。
