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I'm sure you're ok with it, but it doesn't have the effect you think it has: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/8/22272849/apple-app-store-scams-ios-fraud-reviews

• criddell 5y ago
  The effect we think it has is to reduce the number of scams, not eliminate them.
  • deleted 5y ago
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  • salawat 5y ago
    No, it just meams ypu select for people willing to run a scam sophisticated enough to recoup the developer fee, the ones who don't care and have money to burn anyway, and you shut out every aspiring app writer/contributor with a decent idea who is strapped for cash. Never, ever underestimate the determination of someone in need of a way to economically do nefarious things. Financial barriers are no barrier at all if you do it right. Tenbux is more for presenting a barrier to anyone without access to a digital payment medium than anything else.
    • criddell 5y ago
      > you select for people willing to run a scam sophisticated enough to recoup the developer fee And it filters the rest. > you shut out every aspiring app writer/contributor with a decent idea who is strapped for cash Lots of hobbies are expensive. There are plenty of avenues left for a cash strapped developer overflowing with ideas to explore.
      • Aissen 5y ago
        > And it filters the rest. If this is a goal, reduce the number of scams, then OK. If the goal is to reduce the percentage of people scammed or how much scammers extract from the platform, I'm not convinced those are met. And that's even before talking about the other sides of the tradeoff.
  • 8note 5y ago
    I'd expect scams to be significantly more profitable than other apps, so the higher startup price mostly affects non scammers
• Ensorceled 5y ago
  The effect I think it has is to reduce the number of spam accounts from the 120K that Android has. I did not think it eliminated fraud on iOS.