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The submitter of this story here on HN is the developer of FlickType. He had also filed a lawsuit against Apple for allowing apps that have been outright cheati

by AnonC 5y ago

The submitter of this story here on HN is the developer of FlickType. He had also filed a lawsuit against Apple for allowing apps that have been outright cheating people with incredibly high in-app purchases and has pointed out several instances of scammy apps. I thought larger companies keep tabs on the "noisy and popular" ones in media (and social media) and would take more care not to annoy them further. But this story makes it seem like Apple has decided to just keep pushing his buttons as some sort of punishment. I don't believe there's anyone capable in Apple top leadership who's spending any time in leading the App Store team appropriately. The scammy apps and the contrasting meaningless rejections of praiseworthy apps only tell one thing – the App Store is an abandoned space run by "bots" with almost no oversight. As an Apple iDevice user for long, this story (from the beginning) as well as others have made me wish for alternate app stores on iDevices enforced through regulation. The wait has been too long already, and Apple isn't being the steward it imagines itself to be or portrays itself in media to be.

t00 5y ago
Just vote with your money and do not buy Apple products instead of wishing - this is the way.
- fouc 5y ago
  Right, if enough people buy the non-apple, non-android phones, perhaps we'll get a viable competitor.
  - llukas 5y ago
    Isn't that the case for Librem 5 and Pinephone? I switched to iPhone recently but still thinking about getting one of above.
  - daveidol 5y ago
    That’s a hell of a sacrifice to make, however, given how much of duopoly it is for mobile “apps”
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- makeitdouble 5y ago
  About voting with money, I always wondered why you are not advocating for the literal meaning of it: finance lobbies representing your interest to have rules matching your expectations. It feels to me way more direct than trying to find alternatives that Google and Apple spend their time crushing away.
  - fsflover 5y ago
    Yes, donating to EFF is a good way to vote with your money.
finneganscat 5y ago
Flicktype charged users an in-app purchase fee of $10 to unlock the settings menu and gain autocorrect functionality. They ARE the scammers. Probably trying to add keylogger capabilities. Who knows. The fact that you all immediately blame Apple just shows how biased you are.

by AnonC 5y ago

t00 5y ago

Just vote with your money and do not buy Apple products instead of wishing - this is the way.

fouc 5y ago
Right, if enough people buy the non-apple, non-android phones, perhaps we'll get a viable competitor.
- llukas 5y ago
  Isn't that the case for Librem 5 and Pinephone? I switched to iPhone recently but still thinking about getting one of above.
- daveidol 5y ago
  That’s a hell of a sacrifice to make, however, given how much of duopoly it is for mobile “apps”
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
makeitdouble 5y ago
About voting with money, I always wondered why you are not advocating for the literal meaning of it: finance lobbies representing your interest to have rules matching your expectations. It feels to me way more direct than trying to find alternatives that Google and Apple spend their time crushing away.
- fsflover 5y ago
  Yes, donating to EFF is a good way to vote with your money.

finneganscat 5y ago

Flicktype charged users an in-app purchase fee of $10 to unlock the settings menu and gain autocorrect functionality. They ARE the scammers. Probably trying to add keylogger capabilities. Who knows. The fact that you all immediately blame Apple just shows how biased you are.