The free macOS app has been downloaded more than 432,000 times, with a 4.8 rating, Gustafson said, noting that Apple even featured Amphetamine in an Mac App Store story. Specifically, your app name and icon include references to controlled substances, pills.” Gustafson says Apple contacted him on December 29th and told him Amphetamine “appears to promote inappropriate use of controlled substances. We may not all agree, but I am happy we all still have the freedom to express ourselves today. Just got off a call with Appeal accepted and Amphetamine will remain on the Thank you all for your comments, opinions, and action. Just sitting at home with my kids enjoying our holiday and got the violation/rejection email from Apple.” I wasn’t in the middle of trying to update Amphetamine or anything.

“I found it odd that this issue came up out of nowhere. “I specifically asked Apple on the phone if this was a result of customer complaints and Apple’s response was ‘I don’t think so,’” he said. Gustafson told The Verge he got a call Saturday from Apple granting his appeal- but he didn’t have insight into how the app was flagged in the first place. The logo features a cartoon image of a pill. Gustafson said in January 1st posts on Reddit and Github that Apple had informed him he had two weeks to “remove all references to the word ‘amphetamine’ and remove the pill from the icon.” If he failed to do so, Gustafson wrote, Apple said it would remove the app from the App Store on January 12th. Not long after The Verge reached out to Apple for comment on Saturday however, the company reversed its decision, and the app will be able to stay up with its current name and logo.

The developer of Amphetamine, an app that prevents Macs from going into sleep mode, says Apple told him it violated App Store guidelines, even though it’s been in the App Store since 2014, and has nothing to do with drug use.

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