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Re:Google Blindness by tewha on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @03:42PM (#6207787)
Apple never removed apps. They stopped accepting updates.
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Re:Google Blindness by Oletros on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @03:52PM (#6207861)
Tell that to the 3rd party Google Voice apps pulled from the App Store
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Re:Google Blindness by LluisGerard on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @04:13PM (#6207981)
They can pull an app out from the App Store but they never, ever had the ability to remove it from your phone.
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Re:Google Blindness by skyjedi on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @05:34PM (#6208400)
really? Never ever? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/jobs-confirms-app-store-kill...
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Re:Google Blindness by dancameron on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @07:01PM (#6208858)
Yes.

That link acknowledges a kill switch for malicious apps, which they've never used.

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Re:Google Blindness by skyjedi on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @09:09AM (#6211221)
not necessarily a good thing -http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/07/first-ios-malware-fou... - Still could be on devices, no reason it should be
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