The first thing you realise about Apple’s AirPod is how easily one can lose them. Apple may call it a design evolution, but all that we can see is its resemblance to the ear-pods, sans wires.
So when a company decided to make an app that helps you find the lost AirPod, Apple felt insulted and took down the app from its Play Store. The app "Finder for AirPods", that helped people track lost AirPod ear pieces, has been banned by Apple. This app has been developed by Deucks Pty Ltd.
Losing even a single AirPod will cost you $69. Has Apple’s money-making move led to the downfall of “Finder for AirPods”? If that’s the case, then a lot of users aren’t going to like that.
Apple launched AirPods along with the iPhone 7 in September as a replacement for conventional earphones that require a headphone jack.
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In the past, the company has removed a number of apps from the App Store for a wide variety of reasons, ranging from inappropriate content to improper use of the iPhone's hardware. Apple’s insistence on working in a closed ecosystem might have worked in the past, but with its slowing iPhone sales, things need to change quickly and immediately.
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