The popular AnTuTu Benchmark performance app has disappeared from the Google Play store without notice. And while the exact reasons for his disappearance from the store are unknown, all of them seem to indicate that the suspension of Chinese developer Cheetah Mobile's operating systems has something to do.
As reported Android policy, Google would have removed it three programs offered by AnTuTu developer through Google Play, being the Antutu 3DBench, Antutu Benchmark and AItutu Benchmark. As always, Google has not publicly stated why the decision to withdraw apps is important, though it seems clear that AnTuTu apps appear to violate one or more policies collected in terms of store use.
You will no longer be able to download AnTuTu apps from Google Play
As I mentioned earlier, right now The exact cause of the extinction is unknown for Google Play AnTuTu apps. However, there are clues that give us clues that it is possible why of this event.
Shortly after Google decided to remove the AnTuTu apps from the store, it was discovered One of the privacy policy links to one of the AnTuTu apps was directed to the Cheetah Mobile website, a Chinese developer whose plans were removed from the Google Play Store by Google a few weeks ago. This, in turn, leads us to think that AnTuTu and Cheetah Mobile are somehow related.
However, in a statement issued by Zhao Chen, managing director of AnTuTu, to Android policy, it is stated that AnTuTu has no affiliation with Cheetah Mobile account already in the above link, and explaining that his company was founded in 2011, when the architect responsible for creating the Clean Master did not exist.
However, it does Cheetah invested in AnTuTu Benchmark in 2014, and has since been part of the shareholder list, or claims that its company is still independent and has its own Google Play Store developer account, of which three of its now deleted plans have been published.
"Cheetah Mobile has never touched our Google Play account, and AnTuTu has never done any advertising for Cheetah Mobile software." – Zhao Chen
Therefore, they explain that it is very possible today that Google has decided to delete the apps because AnTuTu had used legal services from Cheetah Mobile, and as a result the privacy policies for its requests were directed to the cmcm.com domain of Cheetah Mobile.
In conclusion, it indicates that today work has already been done on a solution including Change of legal provider from Cheetah Mobile to exceptions. So, unless new issues arise, it is expected that AnTuTu Benchmark apps will return to the Google Play Store soon.
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