Google Boots 164 Apps from Play Marketplace for Shady Ad Practices
minute read Share this article: The tech giant removes 164 more offending Android apps after banning software showing this type of behavior from the store last year. Google has removed 164 apps, downloaded a total of 10 million times, from its Google Play marketplace because they were delivering “disruptive” ads, considered malicious. Last year, the tech giant banned apps that delivered this type of advertising, called out-of-context ads. But the problem continues to plague Google despite numerous efforts by the company to prevent “malicious developers” from submitting th...
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