[Update: RIM has now responded with the following comment,
referring to a breach of "contractual obligations," but is
not specifying what those obligations were: "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.']
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Translation: "You're competing with our BBM service and you have to go before it starts costing us sales".