Twitter is filled with screenshots and complaints by developers. Some even shared how gambling app advertisements are popping up below apps that are meant to help people get over their addictions. Apps related to marriage counselling apps have an advertisement for casual dating apps.
According to Apple’s guidelines for App Store advertising, there are restrictions on where apps related to gambling, drinking, dating, and the pharmaceutical and medical industries can be advertised. Gambling applications are “prohibited or limited in some nations and regions,” but there is no mention of the audience to which these types of ads can be offered.
The development comes as Apple is in news for updating its App Store policy, according to which, developers have to pay a 30% cut to the company for in-app advertising. Spotify has also spoken against the “App Store tax” accusing Apple of continuing “to disadvantage competitors.” Reports suggest that Apple rejected Spotify’s audiobooks-related update three since the launch of the business in September.