Pokémon GO users deleting app after ban rumour begins

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Yesterday a workaround was discovered allowing Android users in the UK and US to play Pokémon GO early after the augmented-reality scavenger hunt launched in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Only now a lot of people are afraid to keep the app after rumours began that Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, or developer Niantic could ban your Android account should you do this.
"If you have downloaded the APK for Pokemon GO delete it now. They are banning your device and not your account, which is much worse!" wrote Twitter user Twintendo in a message retweeted over 1000 times. They later noted that they "don't buy" the rumour "but it ain't worth the risk."
Twitter user Maeka added "If you are on Android and got the Pokemon GO apk from outside of your region, you are risking a ban. Just as a heads up."
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