After App Store Removes Vaping App, Pax Launches Desktop App
After Apple removed the vaping app, PAX Labs announced a new marijuana vaporizer app "in response to Apple's removal of vaping-related apps from the App Store," vapingpost reported.
Last November, Apple removed all 181 vaping-related apps from the iOS App Store amid the vaping scare in the U.S. and its alleged association with EVALI. While Apple users who have already downloaded the vaping app can continue to use it without interruption, the apps cannot be downloaded.
Some of these apps are useful, provide information, provide news and/or useful functions, such as allowing users to adjust the temperature and other settings on the device. Pax had previously released an Android and iPhone app with these useful features, but of course Apple removed it.
Meanwhile, while the move was fueled by panic over EVALI outbreaks across the U.S., the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) later confirmed what many anti-smoking experts had been insisting: it was almost certainly One case is not associated with legal and regulated vaping products.
Pax then launched a desktop app that provides device controls, cannabis strain information and safety features, in a clear response to Apple's actions. "This is in response to Apple removing vaping-related apps from the App Store," the company said in a release.
Jesse Silver, senior vice president of product at PAX Labs, said: "We're excited to bring back functionality for Apple users. Our devices work flawlessly even without the app, and when you can precisely control things like temperature and dosage, it's amazing. will really happen, let alone the confidence that comes with this level of information and transparency about what’s in the pod.”
Silver added: "Because many of our features are developed by providing a predictable, high-quality experience, it is important for us to make these features available to all of our customers, whether they have an iPhone or Android, this is very important."
