A free Mac app called Amphetamine keeps your computer from going to sleep. Launched in 2014, the app has been downloaded over 432,000 times and has received high ratings in the Mac App Store. Six years later, Apple suddenly decided that Amphetamine was breaking App Store rules.

Amphetamine developer, William Gustafson, detailed how the events unfolded. Apple first contacted him and announced that Amphetamine would be removed from the Mac App Store on January 12, 2021. An Apple spokesman noted that Amphetamine violates the following rule:

Apps that encourage the consumption of tobacco and e-cigarettes, drugs or alcohol are not allowed in the App Store. Apps that encourage minors to consume any of these substances will be rejected. Promotion of the sale of marijuana, tobacco, or prohibited substances is prohibited.

An Apple spokesman added, “Your app appears to be contributing to the misuse of prohibited substances. In particular, the name and icon of your application contains links to prohibited substances, pills. "

Gustafson tried to explain that Amphetamine does not promote illicit drug use because amphetamine is a legal prescription drug in the United States. He also noted that the Amphetamine supplement does not encourage the use of amphetamine "irresponsibly, illegally or for fun."

Gustafson created a petition on Change.org, and just yesterday he announced on Twitter that Apple has carefully studied his explanation, as a result of which Amphetamine will remain in the Mac App Store.

Ever dreamed of corporation full of sick idiots who can't even check that application is doing? And most of them are able only read Apple rules, but not able to understand any complex text.