Users that did purchase the now dead ad blocker can follow Apple’s support document for steps on how to request a refund for an App Store purchase. That process isn’t completely straightforward, however, as the App Store doesn’t encourage buyer refunds. Now as the ad blocker will no longer be actively supported (although it will continue to work), Arment is actively encouraging customers to request a refund through the App Store.

Quartz’s Dan Frommer wrote yesterday that the $2.99 app had already sold 12,000 copies in its short run, which amounts to over $35,000 in sales (with 30% going to Apple). Notably, the Peace content blocking app was a paid utility, which in itself is controversial as it requires readers to pay for the ability to view already free content on the web while preventing writers from accessing a key revenue stream. Developer Marco Arment announced today that he decided to pull his ad blocker app Peace from sale, citing that it “just doesn’t feel good” to the negative impact to “many who don’t deserve the hit.”

And while a few ad blockers climbed the App Store’s top paid chart this week, the highest ranked Safari content blocker has been pulled after being sold for just 48 hours. Apple’s support for building Safari ad blockers in iOS 9 was sure to be controversial as they negatively and directly impact writers/publications like us here at 9to5Mac and others that rely on advertising for revenue.

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