Apple removes apps that fight iPhone addiction from its store

Apple has come down heavily on apps that limit user screen time on its devices. The iPhone maker has removed nearly 11 out of the 17 most downloaded parental-control and screen-time apps from its distribution platform App Store, The New York Times has reported.

The move is also being seen as Apple’s bid to push down third-party apps as it readies to go all out to promote its own screen-time tracker. Apple attempting to limit its own users might be a conflict of interest with their business growth.

Moreover, its screen-limiting tracker is also not very effective in combating addiction, executives at third party screen-time app makers were quoted saying in the NYT report.