The OG App is taken down by Google from the Play Store while the creators consider their next action.

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The OG App, an Instagram client that promised to offer an ad-free and suggestion-free feed, was taken off the Play Store by Google almost a week after Apple withdrew it from the App Store.

 

Co-founders of Un1feed, the firm that created The OG App, claimed on Twitter that after the app was taken down from both the iOS and Android app stores, the startup wouldn't be able to support its users. Over 25,000 downloads were reported during the brief time the software was available, according to the developers.

 

 

 

Google declined to respond to the story.

 

 

 

Un1feed introduced The OG App around the end of last month with the aim of giving users a personalized Instagram experience. It did this by deconstructing the Instagram for Android API.that raised a number of issues that might have put users' security and privacy at risk.

 

 

 

Following the app's release, Instagram owner Meta stated that the business is "taking all applicable enforcement procedures" because the software breached its standards. However, it gave no information regarding the steps it took.

 

 

 

Apple deleted the app from the App Store at the same time, claiming that it was using Instagram's service in an unlawful way. The Cupertino-based tech company also claimed that The OG App broke the App Store's terms of service, which forbids apps from showing material from other apps by doing so.

 

 

 

The OG App's founders stated in a message posted on their website that they are currently considering the next steps and will offer some clarification in the future weeks.

 

After experiencing numerous security hiccups, Meta has tightened its controls over who may access user data and has limited the information that can be displayed through its APIs outside of its family of apps. It's not unexpected that the business moved quickly to reprimand a method for displaying material that made use of unauthorized APIs.

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