BlackBerry Restricted has knowledgeable a number of app builders that it’ll forcibly take away paid software program from the “BlackBerry World” app retailer from April 1.

“BlackBerry has began alerting builders with paid apps within the ‘BlackBerry World’ retailer via electronic mail. In response to the message, BB10 customers will not have the ability to buy something from the shop beginning on April 1 when the paid content material can be eliminated,” SlashGear reported late on Tuesday.

The corporate reportedly mentioned {the marketplace} will turn into a “free-only storefront” and that “all buying mechanisms can be disabled”.

“That swap from paid to free should occur by March 31. Any paid content material that hasn’t been transformed will merely be eliminated altogether on the subsequent day. Builders who solely have free content material on ‘BlackBerry World’ need not take any motion,” the report added.

In December 2017, BlackBerry had promised to help BB10 for no less than two extra years with “BlackBerry World” slated to shut down formally on December 31, 2019.

BlackBerry 10 or BB10 is a proprietary cellular working system for the BlackBerry line of smartphones, each developed by BlackBerry Restricted.

BlackBerry Restricted manages BlackBerry model licensing and software program.