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This is why I always suggest to buy apps outside the store, directly from the developers' website. With trojaned downloads from hacked download sites becoming
by danieldk 10y ago
This is why I always suggest to buy apps outside the store, directly from the developers' website.
With trojaned downloads from hacked download sites becoming more commonplace (see e.g. Transmission) I started suggesting the opposite. I trust the Mac App store far more than the download site of some random software vendor who may have little experience with server maintenance.
Moreover, App Store apps are required to be sandboxed. So, even if malicious software ends up in the App store, the damage is limited.
(Of course, I agree that the removal of Dash totally sucks and Apple should rectify this ASAP.)
- vlozko 10y agoMost people want to point their finger at Apple here for being the bad guy but the reality is is that we're getting a one-sided view here and we're already getting out our pitchforks. Maybe, just maybe, the developer in question here did what Apple is accusing them of doing and isn't being completely forthcoming and honest about it.
- LyndsySimon 10y agoI'm not saying they didn't, but I really don't see what they would have to gain by doing so.
- Veen 10y agoSeems unlikely. It's a very popular app with a focused niche. Gaming the system doesn't really get the developer anything. He might have, but it would have been foolish of him — lots to lose and not much to gain.