Kik Messenger removed from BlackBerry App World

It appears that Kik has done something unintentionally to tick off RIM. Their free multi cross-platform messenger has been removed from the App World, and push service for the app has been disabled by RIM. This means that messages to and from existing BlackBerry Kik users will be delayed by up to an hour. According to a post on their official blog, they had a working relationship with RIM and everything seemed alright. BGR took the effort to investigate into the matter and RIM responded with a statement saying: “RIM became aware of a number of issues and customer concerns regarding the Kik app and service. Following discussions with Kik, the app was removed from BlackBerry App World on November 12. Upon further investigation, RIM concluded that Kik had breached contractual obligations. Based on the broad scope and seriousness of the issues and concerns, RIM terminated its agreements with Kik and withdrew RIM’s support for Kik’s service.” Hmm, it makes you wonder how the app got approved in the first place. Are any of you affected by RIM’s removal of Kik?