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The real solution I see would be to charge money for listing apps in the store. And not small money, but significant, non-refundable fees. Enough to actually ch
by jpalomaki 5y ago
The real solution I see would be to charge money for listing apps in the store. And not small money, but significant, non-refundable fees. Enough to actually check and verify the software by competent humans and also just to make scams more expensive (you would need to pay $5-10k upfront, like Google requires for certain Gmail apps).
But I don’t like that kind of approach, so therefore I would be careful in demanding Apple to fix the problem. Any fix they come up with, would likely cause troubles for small players.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoThe real solution is to stop being a gatekeeper. Just let people install and use whatever they want.
- votepaunchy 5y agoHow does this stop or in any way slow the proliferation of scam apps?
- matheusmoreira 5y agoIt doesn't. It absolves Apple of any responsibility in the matter.
- dev_tty01 5y agoWhy does anyone want to help Apple? Shouldn't we be focused on user safety?
- matheusmoreira 5y agoWe're not helping Apple. We're holding them accountable for what they make available on their store which they advertise as "curated and safe".
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- heavyset_go 5y agoA solution is to make systems secure enough that any user-level code or app either can't do malicious things, or needs to be explicitly granted fine-grained permissions to access a user's resources. Sandboxing is a step in the right direction, as are various levels of things like code signing and even Windows Defender-esque systems that maintain lists of known malicious apps, authors etc and prevent them from running. It also helps not to have an easy monetization scheme for malicious actors, either. Making it easy to give them money, and even sign you up for fraudulent subscriptions so you keep giving them money, is a mistake. An actually user-friendly system would look at the apps that you're making payments with, and ask whether or not you want to keep subscriptions that you don't appear to be using much. This doesn't happen, though, because it is in no one's interests but the users' to help save them money.
- jtbayly 5y agoSo… your solution is no mobile wallets, then?