What HappenedDurov posted on X that Apple removed Telegram from the App Store without any prior notice. This action seemed to stem from someone who embedded illegal content in a public Telegram chat to exploit Apple’s content moderation policy against the app. “Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us,” Durov stated in his post. After addressing the issue, Telegram returned to the App Store, making the delisting brief but concerning. In most markets, if an app vanishes from the App Store, there’s no alternative store to rely on without complicated workarounds that most users won’t attempt.