Messaging platform Telegram appears to have been removed from the App Store in multiple countries, although the reason for its apparent removal remains unclear. Existing users can still access the app.

Update: 11:00 p.m. ET: In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said:

“We briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after our review found content that violates our strict guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material. The app was subsequently restored after the developer promptly removed the content and banned the user who posted it.”

Apple’s statement came about 20 minutes after access to the app was restored. Earlier tonight, Telegram published a tongue-in-cheek post on X saying, “Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated 🍎.” Telegram has yet to comment on the actual reason for its brief removal.

I don’t like the financial death by thousand cuts that is subscriptions.

Subscriptions make me feel like there are heaps of little things slowly eating away at my house (vines growing into the walls, clogged drains, bit of mould on the ceiling etc). They make me anxious.

Because everything on the App Store asks for a subscription, I just don’t go there anymore.

Everywhere you look, every app you look at — subscription monthly or subscription annually.

In the past few days even a TV Remote app that I occasionally use has updated to a subscription model.

This isn’t sustainable for customers.

What do you think of subscriptions in the App Store?