Earlier this month, Samsung announced new APIs within its stock Internet browsing app that would allow for content- and ad-blocking. Those APIs and Samsung’s new announcement also saw a launch partner from Rocketship Apps and the company’s Adblock Fast app. However, two days after the initial announcement, Google pulled Adblock Fast from the Play Store, citing a violation of section 4.4 of the Developer Distribution Agreement, which reads: The confusion in Adblock Fast’s removal stemmed from several different places, including the fact that there were other ad-blocking apps within the Play Store that used Samsung’s official API — and weren’t pulled. So, as was expected, Rocketship Apps appealed Google’s decision. As a result of that appeal, Google has accepted and re-released Adblock Fast into the Play Store, where it is now available again. The app has been updated, too, now up to version 1.1.0, where it now supports Android 4.0-based devices as well. An interesting situation, to say the least, but for anyone that was a fan of the app, at least it’s now back in the Play Store.
