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The app store is not secure or trusted. They've shipped malware. App store reviewers have not launched one of my apps in the last... _34 releases_. Their last o
by RetpolineDrama 3y ago
The app store is not secure or trusted. They've shipped malware. App store reviewers have not launched one of my apps in the last... _34 releases_. Their last open was >6 mo ago. They review my releases, some with 100k LoC diffs, in <30m.
Their reviewer account was actually broken once for 4 months, and we always passed review anyways. Yes, I can tell if they used another account because once shipped Apple review is the _only_ group on the planet with that build # prior to release. They could launch the app without network but it wouldn't do anything since the the very first thing is to either refresh auth or login.
The App Store is a scam that I pay > $3M/year to Apple in fees for.
- noqc 3y agoOf course, this should surprise no one. It is harder to read code than to write it, and Apple doesn't spend 12 trillion dollars per year on code review.
- RetpolineDrama 3y agoTo clarify, Apple can't see our source code but I imagine they can easily diff things like binary size and have basic decompiler tools to analyze things like what system APIs are called (how they bust you for private API use etc). When we ship an update that adds a whole new branch of functionality that adds camera/mic interactions where there were none before (with all the new entitlements that requires) and the reviewer approves it without ever launching the app I laugh at comments like the GP
- riversflow 3y ago[flagged]
- noqc 3y agoThe word trusted doesn't change meanings when you move to a sales context unless you're a salesman.
- riversflow 3y agoIt only has a very specific meaning in software. To consumers Apple's App store is trusted.
- noqc 3y agoI wonder what you would happen if you really probed a "consumer" about what they mean by trusted.
- riversflow 3y agoI can guarantee you they aren't going to mention code audits.
- noqc 3y agoPlease do guarantee this, and then actually go perform this experiment.
- intelVISA 3y agoTrusted simply means that the arrangement benefits $bigcorp's bottom line.