{"id":1865,"date":"2021-06-15T06:38:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T04:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/no-apples-new-policy-doesnt-mean-its-banning-grindr\/"},"modified":"2021-06-15T06:38:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T04:38:08","slug":"no-apples-new-policy-doesnt-mean-its-banning-grindr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/no-apples-new-policy-doesnt-mean-its-banning-grindr\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Apple\u2019s new policy doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s banning Grindr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company has clarified that dating apps will not be rejected after an announcement last week sparked confusion<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s announcement last week that it was cracking down on some \u201chookup apps\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/gay-twitter-freaks-apples-new-grindr-scruff-ban-20210609\">sparked widespread<\/a> confusion and concern that the company planned to remove dating apps \u2013 particularly ones such as Grindr and Scruff that cater to the LGBTQ+ community \u2013 from its app store.<\/p>\n<p>Viral <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeeChattie\/status\/1404188155897655299\">tweets<\/a> and articles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jbu3\/status\/1402055531053957125\">condemned the company<\/a> for banning the gay app during Pride month, while some users <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RangerDrey\/status\/1404520617592905734\">mulled over a switch<\/a> to Android to avoid the reported ban. The controversy on Twitter prompted the company to clarify its stance and say Grindr is not going anywhere at this time.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/jun\/14\/no-apples-new-policy-doesnt-mean-its-banning-grindr\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c3ab739c6cb52fe06c96710731f7dfcb732b5989\/0_202_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e345b4299ef8de92308b9bf157399237\" title=\"No, Apple\u2019s new policy doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s banning Grindr\" \/>The company has clarified that dating apps will not be rejected after an announcement last week sparked confusion<br \/>\nApple\u2019s announcement last week that it was cracking down on some \u201chookup apps\u201d sparked widespread confusion and concern that the company planned to remove dating apps \u2013 particularly ones such as Grindr and Scruff that cater to the LGBTQ+ community \u2013 from its app store.<br \/>\nViral tweets and articles condemned the company for banning the gay app during Pride month, while some users mulled over a switch to Android to avoid the reported ban. The controversy on Twitter prompted the company to clarify its stance and say Grindr is not going anywhere at this time. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company has clarified that dating apps will not be rejected after an announcement last week sparked confusion Apple\u2019s announcement last week that it was cracking down on some \u201chookup apps\u201d sparked widespread confusion and concern that the company planned to remove dating apps \u2013 particularly ones such as Grindr and Scruff that cater to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/no-apples-new-policy-doesnt-mean-its-banning-grindr\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No, Apple\u2019s new policy doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s banning Grindr<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}