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January 23, 2013 01:59 pm GMT

500px Removal Highlights App Store Inequalities


Mashable OP-ED

The removal of 500px from Apple's App Store raises questions over review equity, fairness and API functionality.

When Evgeny Tchebotarev started the day, he wasn't expecting to end up spending so much time fielding calls from the media. Tchebotarev is the COO and co-founder of 500px, a popular photo site and community for professional and amateur photographers.

Yet that's exactly what happened after Apple removed the 500px app from the App Store. After more than 16 months in the App Store and over 1 million downloads, a routine app update had unintended consequences.

On Monday night, Tchebotarev tells Mashable that he received a call from Apple. There was a problem…
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