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A simple search for keywords like “OpenAI” and “ChatGPT” on the MacOS App Store reveals the alarming truth about the prevalence of scam apps and shady developer
by ilamont 4y ago
A simple search for keywords like “OpenAI” and “ChatGPT” on the MacOS App Store reveals the alarming truth about the prevalence of scam apps and shady developers.
Any platform that offers an opportunity to make "passive income" is filled with such garbage, optimized with manipulated reviews, keyword stuffing, and other tricks.
I've seen it on Shopify (stores and Shopify apps), Amazon (sellers and publishing tools), and Etsy, to name a few. Search YouTube for "ChatGPT side hustles" and you'll get thousands of hits.
The platforms don't care. Anything that adds friction or costs such as policies with teeth and staff dedicated to rooting out the scams hurts their bottom lines.
And here we are today.
- TobyTheDog123 4y agoThis is a good callout - I'm planning writing an article on the newest member of this group: ProductHunt. Once a promising place to find curated, quality apps that developers put care into, is now a hellscape of endless repetitive entries of the hype du jour, mixed in with sleazy Google-style adverts and awful social-media-esque interaction reminders (streaks, leave reviews on apps you haven't even clicked on, etc) I'd like to think it's possible for this to stop, but I honestly don't anymore.
- moneywoes 4y agoMost votes are fake