The cryptocurrency activities on the devices of Apple are being taken off and terminated. Apple has unequivocally banned apps that mine cryptocurrency on its devices, as per the recently updated Review Guidelines for the App Store. The new ban extends to all Apple platforms.
In its first move against cryptocurrency mining apps in March, Apple removed Calendar 2 from the Mac App Store after the app began mining cryptocurrency on people’s devices in exchange for premium features. At the time, Calendar 2’s developer said Apple removed the app because it desecrated the App Store guidelines: “Apps should not rapidly drain battery, generate excessive heat, or put unnecessary strain on device resources.”
“Apps, including any third-party advertisements displayed within them, may not run unrelated background processes, such as cryptocurrency mining,” Apple said under the hardware compatibility section of its App Store policy.
During Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference last week, the company released new App Store guidelines that not only banned cryptocurrency mining on iOS devices but also on all Mac devices.
The new rules should transform the Apple cryptocurrency app landscape quite significantly, given how third-party apps for initial coin offerings or sending and receiving cryptocurrency are effectively banned.
Although Apple’s rules apply to all apps within the App Store, Macs and jailbroken iPhones will still be able to mine cryptocurrency outside of Apple’s walled garden. Without a solid GPU, however, mining on Apple devices is certainly not cost-efficient, to begin with, so it typically only profits those who are thieving the resources from other people’s devices.
Cryptocurrency mining has become a well-known way for people to make money. But mining requires a lot of computing power, prompting users to buy pricey graphics cards and make use of really big networks of devices, which comprises of iPhones and iPads.