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Apple is pretty bad at regulating "free" apps. There are so many apps pretend to be free only the first screen you will see is ask you for a subscription or exi

Apple is pretty bad at regulating "free" apps. There are so many apps pretend to be free only the first screen you will see is ask you for a subscription or exit. I have tried to report an app like this, and gone nowhere. I feel that AppStore is taking money over protecting people nowadays.

loceng 6y ago
Why spend their $16B per quarter in profit from App Store on moderation when they can just put most of it in the bank? It's so absurd we're not forcing companies like Apple and Facebook to use 99% of their profit for moderation until adequate systems, protocols and processes are in place.
Razengan 6y ago
> I feel that AppStore is taking money over protecting people nowadays. While they could certainly do better in cleaning out shitty apps, Apple has always given me a refund for dodgy apps without question, almost always within a day. App too buggy? Too overpriced? Tinder boost that went bust? No problem. Meanwhile apps that use their own payment mechanisms, like crappy Couchsurfing, basically just ignore all my emails. No other digital store has covered my ass this much from predatory developers.
- schmorptron 6y ago
  Steam comes to mind - routinely banning developers who post fake reviews for their own products, and banning developers who threatened legal actions towards customers over negative reviews.
  - Razengan 6y ago
    Steam is a close second, but they denied me a refund for Frostpunk (great game) because the publisher falsely listed it as Mac compatible. It was an empty download, but trying to launch it still ticked off Steam’s time limit for refunds, apparently. They finally released a Mac version after about 100 years and it was worth it though.
- powerapple 6y ago
  I am sure they do better for paid apps, somehow the introduction of in-app purchase created many "free" apps. I had one would link you to a webpage to make payment on third party platform. The free trial was $1 and the other choice is yearly subscription of $800 or something. I am sure they violated appstore policy using third party payment system, but reporting the app was not easy because it is a "free" app.

loceng 6y ago

Why spend their $16B per quarter in profit from App Store on moderation when they can just put most of it in the bank? It's so absurd we're not forcing companies like Apple and Facebook to use 99% of their profit for moderation until adequate systems, protocols and processes are in place.

Razengan 6y ago

> I feel that AppStore is taking money over protecting people nowadays. While they could certainly do better in cleaning out shitty apps, Apple has always given me a refund for dodgy apps without question, almost always within a day. App too buggy? Too overpriced? Tinder boost that went bust? No problem. Meanwhile apps that use their own payment mechanisms, like crappy Couchsurfing, basically just ignore all my emails. No other digital store has covered my ass this much from predatory developers.

schmorptron 6y ago
Steam comes to mind - routinely banning developers who post fake reviews for their own products, and banning developers who threatened legal actions towards customers over negative reviews.
- Razengan 6y ago
  Steam is a close second, but they denied me a refund for Frostpunk (great game) because the publisher falsely listed it as Mac compatible. It was an empty download, but trying to launch it still ticked off Steam’s time limit for refunds, apparently. They finally released a Mac version after about 100 years and it was worth it though.
powerapple 6y ago
I am sure they do better for paid apps, somehow the introduction of in-app purchase created many "free" apps. I had one would link you to a webpage to make payment on third party platform. The free trial was $1 and the other choice is yearly subscription of $800 or something. I am sure they violated appstore policy using third party payment system, but reporting the app was not easy because it is a "free" app.