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Apple’s App Store is hosting multi-million dollar scams

78 points by egocentric 6y ago

coldtea 6y ago
"But still way less than Android and/or the open web" - though this wouldn't make for such an interesting headline...
- viraptor 6y ago
  > and/or the open web The open web does not have the expectation of moderation. Apple's store does, and they're still failing even if they're not as bad as a mostly unchecked place. The news is not that scam apps exist. It's that they're blatantly obvious in both search abuse and other aspects and they're not removed.
  - coldtea 6y ago
    >The open web does not have the expectation of moderation. Apple's store does, and they're still failing even if they're not as bad as a mostly unchecked place. Many times not as bad... https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/mobile-security/android-more-infected-than-ios/ https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/mobile-security...
- nr2x 6y ago
  Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t take a cut of web sales or decide what web pages people can see.
  - coldtea 6y ago
    No, but Google does, and Google, Facebook (plus 2-4 other companies) are 90% of the web people use... (Literally, in some countries people don't know "the internet", they know "Facebook").
alex331 6y ago
It's been a week since this issue became so highlighted. And a week since Apple still hasn't said a single thing. This is sad.
boris9999 6y ago
How to remove a competitor on the app store: - pay $20 to buy them fake reviews without their knowledge - complain that they are scammers and have fake reviews Ironically the guy in the article complains that his competitor is a scammer but I went to check his own app reviews: - Jan 18 '...very deceptive' - Jan 16 'scam!' - Jan 14 'cheated I want a refund of my money...' - Jan 14 'They change for the app to download then charge 3.99 to unlock features. Terrible' - Jan 12 'Horrible i payed to get the app just for me to pay $4 dollars more to unlock the feature of using the keyboard' I guess his app is another example of the scam apps he complains about?
Mc_Big_G 6y ago
Makes you wonder if there is an entire team at Apple responsible for uncovering fraud and how this kind of thing is getting through.

78 points by egocentric 6y ago

coldtea 6y ago

"But still way less than Android and/or the open web" - though this wouldn't make for such an interesting headline...

viraptor 6y ago
> and/or the open web The open web does not have the expectation of moderation. Apple's store does, and they're still failing even if they're not as bad as a mostly unchecked place. The news is not that scam apps exist. It's that they're blatantly obvious in both search abuse and other aspects and they're not removed.
- coldtea 6y ago
  >The open web does not have the expectation of moderation. Apple's store does, and they're still failing even if they're not as bad as a mostly unchecked place. Many times not as bad... https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/mobile-security/android-more-infected-than-ios/ https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/mobile-security...
nr2x 6y ago
Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t take a cut of web sales or decide what web pages people can see.
- coldtea 6y ago
  No, but Google does, and Google, Facebook (plus 2-4 other companies) are 90% of the web people use... (Literally, in some countries people don't know "the internet", they know "Facebook").

alex331 6y ago

It's been a week since this issue became so highlighted. And a week since Apple still hasn't said a single thing. This is sad.

boris9999 6y ago

How to remove a competitor on the app store: - pay $20 to buy them fake reviews without their knowledge - complain that they are scammers and have fake reviews Ironically the guy in the article complains that his competitor is a scammer but I went to check his own app reviews: - Jan 18 '...very deceptive' - Jan 16 'scam!' - Jan 14 'cheated I want a refund of my money...' - Jan 14 'They change for the app to download then charge 3.99 to unlock features. Terrible' - Jan 12 'Horrible i payed to get the app just for me to pay $4 dollars more to unlock the feature of using the keyboard' I guess his app is another example of the scam apps he complains about?

Mc_Big_G 6y ago

Makes you wonder if there is an entire team at Apple responsible for uncovering fraud and how this kind of thing is getting through.