Microsoft prunes deceiving apps from Windows Store

From http://www.ghacks.net/2014/08/25/mi...s-from-windows-store-vlc-caught-in-crossfire/:

 

Microsoft finally tries to de-#$@# the Windows Store

 

See also:
Why Some Privacy Apps Get Blocked From the Android Play Store

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08...apps-get-blocked-from-the-android-play-store/

 

uuuhm... This has nothing to do with fake/scam apps been removed in windows store. Disconnect Mobile was distributed free (with options for contribution). This thread is about paid application that did absolutely nothing.

See here for some examples: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/windows-phone-8-is-this-a-scam.367405/

Or this was pasted here by mistake?

 

Disconnect have told me via Twitter - the app has been removed from Google Play.

 

This one?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.disconnect.securefi

 

I had that on my Play wishlist but Disconnect Mobile has been revoked by Google.