First spotted by Gadgets 360 via Reddit, the application recently disappeared from the Google Play Store for Android, due to developer’s “unhealthy” and “misleading” methods of increasing their install base and making them overall more successful. It would appear that Google accused the UC Browser developers of adopting misleading and malicious advertising for their app. It’s not the first time the Chinese-based Alibaba company is accused of practicing “bad habits.”
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