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Forget CVEs. The App Store itself is a hive of scum and villainy[1]. How this stuff gets past review while email and calendar apps have to raise a public stink[
by AlexandrB 3y ago
Forget CVEs. The App Store itself is a hive of scum and villainy[1]. How this stuff gets past review while email and calendar apps have to raise a public stink[2] to get in is beyond me.
[1] https://daringfireball.net/2017/06/in-app_purchase_scams_in_the_app_store https://daringfireball.net/2017/06/in-app_purchase_scams_in_...
[2] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/apples-response-hey-showcases-whats-most-broken-about-apple-app-store https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/apples-response-hey-sh...
- b112 3y agoThis isn't relevant for the legal premise of what the goal is. And more importantly, what people are told, and their expectations when purchasing. Apple can easily argue that people full well know its ecosystem is a walled garden, and that it is a selling point.