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Disconnect itself) which saw this app as privacy-friendly, and argue that Google's motivations are primarily based on the fact that this app interferes with ad-based revenue models of numerous companies, including Google itself. The app was restored to the Google Play Store two weeks after its initial banning, before being banned for a second time overnight.
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five days after its release in late August 2014. Google cited a violation of its Terms of Service which prohibit developers from using its store "to distribute apps that interfere with or disrupt the services of any third party". This, however, attracted criticism from parties such as EFF (and
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browser extension and mobile app designed to stop non-consensual third party trackers, and providing private web search and private web browsing. On mobile, it is available for
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Albergotti, Reed; Barr, Alistair; Dwoskin, Elizabeth (28 August 2014).
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Google Bans Disconnect.me App From Play Store Based On Vague Guidelines
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In June 2015, Disconnect filed an antitrust complaint against Google.
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had once been the default search engine of the security-focused
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Index

Disconnect Mobile
open source
Android
iPhone
Tor Browser
DuckDuckGo
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Privacy Badger
Google Play Store
Ad blocking
Ad tracking
Web beacon
Website visitor tracking
"Online Privacy & Security"




"Blocking Consumer Choice: Google's Dangerous Ban of Privacy and Security App"
Electronic Frontier Foundation
"Online Privacy & Security"
the original
"#14490 (Make Disconnect Search the default search engine for Tor Browser alpha) – Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki"
"Why did my search engine switch to DuckDuckGo? - Tor Project"
"Google Banishes Disconnect Mobile App For Interfering with Its Lucrative Business : News : Headlines & Global News"
"Why Google Banned Connect Mobile - Business Insider"
"Why Some Privacy Apps Get Blocked From the Android Play Store - Digits - WSJ"
"Disconnect Mobile Returns To The Play Store Two Weeks After Google Ban"
"Disconnect Mobile yanked again from Google Play"
"Disconnect.Me Files Antitrust Case Against Google In Europe Over Banned Anti-Malware Android App"

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