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# Marco Arment Pulls Peace from the App Store
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/marco-arment-pulls-peace-from-the-app-store/
- Published: 2015-09-18T17:28:22.000Z
- Updated: 2015-09-18T17:28:22.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Peace, the most-downloaded content blocker for iOS 9 has been pulled from the App Store, not by Apple but [by it's developer, Marco Arment himself](http://www.marco.org/2015/09/18/just-doesnt-feel-good?ref=birchtree.me).

> As I write this, Peace has been the number one paid app in the U.S. App Store for about 36 hours. It’s a massive achievement that should be the highlight of my professional career. \[...\]
> 
> Achieving this much success with Peace just doesn’t feel good, which I didn’t anticipate, but probably should have. Ad blockers come with an important asterisk: while they do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don’t deserve the hit.

I totally understand this feeling. No amount of money can make you feel great about being known for something you don't fully believe in. I bought Peace and like it quite a bit. The lack of fine-grain controls do bother me a little, and I may switch to one that is better in this regard, but I don't regret my purchase at all.

Additional kudos to Arment for explicitly stating how to request a refund in his post.