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But then all the app store gives people is a false sense of security. The willingness of people to trust arbitrary App Store apps should be condemned, not celeb
by sid0 16y ago
But then all the app store gives people is a false sense of security. The willingness of people to trust arbitrary App Store apps should be condemned, not celebrated.
- sambeau 16y agoNot true. By regulating the process - and the payment - Apple is able to instantly remove an app as soon as it is found to be malicious and refund anyone who paid for it out of the developers pocket.
- sid0 16y agoBut that's independent of the review process. They could do the same thing without a review. For comparison, the Mozilla Addons review process requires you to provide them a copy of the (unobfuscated) source code. You always have the option of self-hosting, of course.
- sambeau 16y agoCould you imagine the fuss they'd be if Apple started to demand our source code too!
- sid0 16y agoIf you're going to have a review process at all, you should at least add something of value. Either ask for source code (and deal with the backlash) or don't have a review process at all. A two-level review system (one with source code, one without) with appropriate warnings is fine, too. The app store review process as it currently stands is worthless, useless and meaningless.
- judofyr 16y agoIsn't Google/Android also able to do this (without any app reviews)?
- megablast 16y agoThere is no way to guarantee that something hazardous could never be hidden in, or downloaded later. There are too many ways of obfuscating your code, even when viewing the source code. You can limit what the app has access to, and Apple and Google do this.