ES File Explorer file management application disappears from Play Store, caused by DO Global scandal?
At the end of last April, BuzzFeed News, a news and technology site, continuously reported on behavior and how apps on Play Store originated from China's software developer DO Global. micro fraud click - automatically click ads without user approval.
Recently, Google has officially removed the application completely and hung all the accounts owned by DO Global out of the Play Store platform. And it seems that the famous ES File Manager file manager application is also part of the ongoing 'collective purge'.
- Google stopped working with Huawei, the phone will not be updated Android, YouTube and Gmail cannot be accessed
ES File Manager is a fairly famous file manager
If you do not know, ES File Manager is a relatively popular file manager on Android devices, although in fact, the number of downloads and settings of this application has shown signs of diminishing. in the past few years when it was changed hands, owned by another developer. The problem lies in the most recent developer of this app listed on the Play Store as 'ES Global', but in fact it is currently owned by 'Du Global'.
However, trouble has not stopped there. According to LinkedIn, Du Global is in fact a part of DO Global - the company is currently in the scandal of serious click fraud on its applications.
- List of applications, the game is nominated for the "Google Play Award 2019" award
Currently some big technology news sites contacted Du Global, asking the company to shed some light on why the ES File Manager file management application was removed from the Google app store. However, it does not exclude the possibility that this application may have violated a clause in Play Store policy. In addition, the account hosting this application, ES Global, has been temporarily suspended by Google.
ES File Explorer has become the master in many fierce debates erupted in the past few years. This application comes first with the 'Charging Boost' adware that is sketchy for a period of time, (later deleted), and the Pro version is introduced after this free application integrates as a bloatware in many new phones launched by a few Chinese manufacturers.
- Users will soon be able to download multiple applications at once on the Google Play Store
ES File Explorer has been removed from Google Play Store by Google
If you own this application, we recommend that you stop using or uninstalling and wait for the next move from Google.
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