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app can detect if they are blocked and won't start.
by LoSboccacc 10y ago
app can detect if they are blocked and won't start.
- DiabloD3 10y agoThen they don't start, and are uninstalled and reported as broken as a Google Play store review with 1 star, as has already happened to apps that tried that shit.
- LoSboccacc 10y agosee https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.gp.bej3&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.gp.bej3... doesn't seem like that at all. 150k installs and 4.5 rating.
- LoSboccacc 10y agoWhy is this getting downvoted? It is a perfect example of an app with scummy permission and a startup block if it cannot access contacts thriving.
- CaptSpify 10y agoThe average user doesn't care about permissions and probably are going to fully allow games like that to steal their data. Then they'll give it a good score in the app-store. Install number and rating aren't good indicators. I think there's an implied user-base here that the "mark as broken" response is going to be useful for, but the vast majority of people won't care.
- rasz_pl 10y agothats an ok example, but check out this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ace.cleaner&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ace.cleane... this is a malware with almost 200K installs and poerfect 4.5 rating. It propagates using spam/pirate sites with misleading "your phone is broken and will blow up if you dont install this" scam https://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/2016/12/07/holy-crap-get-annoying-trojan-attempt-ever/ https://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/2016/12/07/holy...
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- tinus_hn 10y agoIt's a losing arms race, you can just feed the apps fake information if they insist. Are they going to disable their app if you don't have GPS reception or if it appears you are on the North Pole? This may be hard to do for Google but it isn't for people like the Cyanogen developers.
- LoSboccacc 10y agoyou need root or cm. meanwhile all the non nerd users suffer.
- tinus_hn 10y agoAs the developers start annoying more and more normal users this kind of blocking technology becomes more widespread. The web ad businesses and publishers thought they could afford to ignore ad blockers too. And now they are complaining their business is dead.
- ClassyJacket 10y agoThis is the way it's always worked on iOS and what it boils down to is that people can deliberately make shitty apps if they want.