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1995Braves Author

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what happened to the Drudge Report app

I deleted it and now can’t find it in App Store.

iPhone 7, iOS 12

Posted on Mar 9, 2019 7:50 AM

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Lawrence Finch

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Posted on Mar 9, 2019 8:00 AM

The Drudge app was deactivated last June. If you had it you got updates for a while, but then Drudge stopped sending updates over 6 months ago. No one knows officially what happened to it, but, as Matt Drudge has not attacked Apple for censoring him, the most logical answer is that Drudge decided they did not want to pay their development contractor to update it to be compatible with their relaunched website that is specifically tailored for smartphones. You can see the new "responsive" site by going to https://drudgereport.com in Safari. It's really pretty nifty, as it adapts to whatever screen size you have. You can also create an icon on your Home screen that launches it directly, just as if it is an app.

Note also that many people have directly asked Drudge what happened and have been met with deafening silence. Which leads to an alternate conspiracy theory: That the app was stealing user data, which violates Apple's terms of use for apps. The App is still available for Android, but Google has much lower standards for protecting user data.

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blueeos

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May 5, 2019 3:06 PM in response to St8kout

My 2 cents about the Drudge Report App. If you're starting from a new device, the Drudge Report App is NOT available from iTunes. That said, if you restore apps, it does work.

In my case, I bought one of the closeout iPad Pro 10.5" in December and in the setup, I chose the "restore" feature rather than the "new" setup option. The Drudge Report installed fine as it did last Sept when I "restored" my apps on my IPHONE XS.

I also have an IP6 S that I deleted a lot of apps on because of limited memory (16 GB model). When I decided to put the Drudge Report App on it, I got the black circle of death. I don't have that much interest in getting the "Report" back on my IP6 S so I haven't pursued the matter, but I'm now thinking if I did a reset on it and then chose "Restore", the Drudge Report might reappear on the phone.

And yes, I agree with several others that say if you have the Report on your device, it continues to work fine along with drudge report.com on a computer.

Mar 9, 2019 7:51 AM in response to 1995Braves

When did you delete it and when did you later try to find it when you deleted it?

Mar 9, 2019 7:51 AM in response to 1995Braves

Apple deleted it under the terms of service.

Mar 12, 2019 4:14 PM in response to 1995Braves

Drudge Report app

Mar 12, 2019 4:21 PM in response to Golfinsal

Ah, someone else who did not bother reading other posts in the thread. After you have read the rest of the thread return with any questions that haven't been answered.