Apple stops updates for App Store games in China

The Financial Times reports that Apple’s biggest App Store market is China, with most of the $16.4 billion App Store revenue coming from games. The thing is, the Internet Content Provider licenses have been required for all paid-for apps or those with in-app purchases since 2016 for China, with licenses granted after government review. It can be appropriately difficult to obtain.

Android app stores have mostly observed the ruling, while Apple has allowed the games to be published while they await authorization. There are supposedly roughly 60,000 affected games while only around 43,000 licenses have been issued.