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Kind of funny that we trust Google's index of the whole www to take us to manufacturer's legitimate website, but don't trust Apple's own search of their curated

Kind of funny that we trust Google's index of the whole www to take us to manufacturer's legitimate website, but don't trust Apple's own search of their curated store.

fortran77 5y ago
You don't need to trust Google. If you buy a Samsung phone, for example, their official domain would be printed in their documentation.
- fsckboy 5y ago
  his point was not about needing to, but that we can trust google, and it seems we can't trust apple, despite apple's promises about safety and vetting
- defaultname 5y ago
  https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/smartthings.html https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/smartthings.ht... They link directly to the app. They almost certainly have relevant QR codes in the manuals to go directly to the app downloads. You can find the official app listed by "Samsung Electronics", where the "scam" app is by a third party. There are a lot of problems and egregious abuses in the app store (made much worse once recurring subscriptions appeared), however this particular thread is not convincing. Some third party made a control app for Samsung TVs. There is nothing wrong with that (and it does not, contrary to claims, misrepresent itself or even clone the official app, beyond the most superficial of mainstream design choices). There is no reasonable reason to think that the app is by Samsung. I don't see how it's a scam in any way. For someone to miss the Samsung app and download this, then agree to a subscription and pay, is something that I don't think many people would do. And it certainly isn't a fault of the store.
  - simonw 5y ago
    "For someone to miss the Samsung app and download this, then agree to a subscription and pay, is something that I don't think many people would do. And it certainly isn't a fault of the store." I did exactly that, and I'm usually pretty savvy.

Kind of funny that we trust Google's index of the whole www to take us to manufacturer's legitimate website, but don't trust Apple's own search of their curated store.

fortran77 5y ago

You don't need to trust Google. If you buy a Samsung phone, for example, their official domain would be printed in their documentation.

fsckboy 5y ago
his point was not about needing to, but that we can trust google, and it seems we can't trust apple, despite apple's promises about safety and vetting
defaultname 5y ago
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/smartthings.html https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/smartthings.ht... They link directly to the app. They almost certainly have relevant QR codes in the manuals to go directly to the app downloads. You can find the official app listed by "Samsung Electronics", where the "scam" app is by a third party. There are a lot of problems and egregious abuses in the app store (made much worse once recurring subscriptions appeared), however this particular thread is not convincing. Some third party made a control app for Samsung TVs. There is nothing wrong with that (and it does not, contrary to claims, misrepresent itself or even clone the official app, beyond the most superficial of mainstream design choices). There is no reasonable reason to think that the app is by Samsung. I don't see how it's a scam in any way. For someone to miss the Samsung app and download this, then agree to a subscription and pay, is something that I don't think many people would do. And it certainly isn't a fault of the store.
- simonw 5y ago
  "For someone to miss the Samsung app and download this, then agree to a subscription and pay, is something that I don't think many people would do. And it certainly isn't a fault of the store." I did exactly that, and I'm usually pretty savvy.