Apps That Were So Bad, They Were Banned
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Baby Shaker
In what is one of the worst ideas for an app, developers for Baby Shaker made an app that parodies shaken baby syndrome. Baby Shaker would time how long it would take someone to shake a baby to death. The app was removed very quickly from the iTunes app store.
Baby Shaker
In what is one of the worst ideas for an app, developers for Baby Shaker made an app that parodies shaken baby syndrome. Baby Shaker would time how long it would take someone to shake a baby to death. The app was removed very quickly from the iTunes app store.
Gab
A startup for people who were banned from Twitter sounds like a great idea, that's the idea behind Gab. It is where trolls and racists gather, where they can be free from restrictive rules. These restrictive hate speech rules got the app banned from the Google Play Store.
Sarahah
An app that was originally created to give anonymous workplace feedback turned into a haven for bullies. This app was banned from both the iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store.
Telegram
While it's no longer banned, Telegram was briefly banned in February 2018 because users were sharing child pornography on the app. Telegram was eventually reinstated and is used by people message each other securely.
Call Blaze and the Monster Machines 2018
This app was banned from the Google Play Store after a concerned parent saw that it was telling children threatening messages about stabbing them. The voice threatened children to stab them with a knife. The app was not an official app from the show Blaze and the Monster Machines.
Herb Converter
Some users of this app complained that the app couldn't weigh the marijuana through the phone. Users who download the app wanted a variety of different features to be added to the app, including a listing of different types of weed.
WikiLeaks
There was briefly an unofficial WikiLeaks app that offered all the material from the website that is free for the price of $1.99. All of the information from the app was freely available on the WikiLeaks website making it redundant, especially when considering that the app wasn't free.
I Am Rich
This app cost $999, eight people still managed to buy it and did nothing but display the words "I Am Rich." I am Rich was available for 24 hours and the creator was able to pocket $5,000 from the eight sales of the app.
DogWars
Dog fighting is outlawed for a reason, app developers thought this simulated dog fighting would go over well with everyone in the Google Play Store. Developers of the game tried to argue that this was all fantasy but the stigma around dog fighting caused the game to be removed from app stores.
Flappy Bird
The app was so bad that the creator had to take it down because it was "ruining" his life. It was an incredibly simple game to play but the press hounded the creator so much that he chose to remove the game from the app store after a couple of months of popularity, which brought it advertising revenue of $50,000 per day.
Slash
This app would just play the 'Psycho' theme while the user simulated a stabbing motion. While it can be seen as funny one time, after using it that one time the app is no longer wanted, there was not much for the app.
Sexy Bikini Fart
Apple didn't care for women in bikinis smiling and farting. This app didn't offer much in terms of entertainment besides just being able to see pretty women, scantily clad doing something that is widely considered to be disgusting.
Puff
Just like the last entry, there was a heavy focus on making women fart. This one included women that were wearing skirts that give the farts a bigger visual cue due to the movement of what the women are wearing.
Drivers License
What could possibly go wrong with an app that gave users real drivers license's templates? Lawmakers had to insist that the app be removed from the app store due to the nefarious possibilities of what people could do with drivers license templates.
Buzzed
What can be safer than an app that warns drivers about DUI checkpoints? Lawmakers also had to intervene with this app. Giving drunk drivers the ability to dodge DUI checkpouints is a matter of public safety.
