Published 3 years ago

Private party app pulled from App Store by Apple

Summary by Ars Technica

Enlarge (credit: Hinterhaus Productions | Getty Images)Despite over 82 million cases and over 1.75 million deaths due to COVID-19, many people are bound and determined to carry on with normal life. For some, that includes attending Saturday night ragers, just like they did in the Before Times. Reports of yet another secret party being broken up by law enforcement have become distressingly common.

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BBC News

Apple removes app promoting private parties in pandemic

US platform Vybe Together advertised "gatherings every weekend" to its thousands of users.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Apple Removes Vybe Together App For Flouting COVID-19 Restrictions, Promoting Parties

Apple has removed an app from its iOS App Store for flouting COVID-19 restrictions and promoting private parties during the pandemic, when people are recommended to stay indoors, even for things like work and school.

3 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Apple removes Vybe Together app used to arrange parties during Covid

Creators of US app claim it was designed to promote small gatherings rather than large parties

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Exclusive app allowed people to promote secret ‘Covid parties’

‘We are a secret party app. Gatherings every weekend’, text in a promotional video for the app read

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CNN

Apple and TikTok banned an app used to arrange parties during Covid

Vybe Together, an app that allowed people to arrange and attend parties that might violate Covid-19 safety protocols, has been taken down from Apple's App Store, and its TikTok account has been shut down.

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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KIFI

Apple and TikTok remove app used to arrange parties during Covid - Local News 8

Vybe Together, an app that allowed people to arrange and attend parties that might violate Covid-19 safety protocols, has been taken down from Apple’s App Store, and its TikTok account has been shut down.The app used its Instagram account, which remains online, to explain why it disappeared from iPhones and iPads.“App Store took us down!!! We will be back!!,” the Instagram post said.The Instagram account suggests using the app to “Find your vybe…

3 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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