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What is a verified app? It's on the app store, these corps punch balls continuosly about having a grip on their stores for safety reasons, but then when there i

What is a verified app? It's on the app store, these corps punch balls continuosly about having a grip on their stores for safety reasons, but then when there is no safety people is dumb and the apps are not verified on their app stores?

ethbr1 2y ago
Due diligence. Nobody should be trusting Google or Apple to be protecting them. Certainly not for a $1M+ USD deposit. That the app stores are illegal monopolies shouldn't opine on someone suffering the consequences for their own poor decisions.
- immibis 2y ago
  How do you verify an app?
  - navigate8310 2y ago
    By lifting the corporate veil and verifying the legal and physical existence of the developer behind the app
    - lnxg33k1 2y ago
      I think you're forgetting that the pillar of our economy is trust, and communication, removing the trust and everything collapses, it was engineered like this, our whole economy is engineered on impulses, testimonials, advertising, and shallowness. Remove that, and these corporations save $5m and lose billions. I agree with you, I wouldn't give someone 10 euros if not vetting, but if google puts "Verified by Play Protect" , restrict me to do anything, talk about their stores as a safe and vetted place, then it must be kept accountable
      - ethbr1 2y ago
        There's two separate issues here: 1. Dealing with Google's failure to remove in a timely manner 2. Dealing with the fraud Comingling them creates a slippery slope ("I drove my car into a lake because Maps told me to...") that erodes normal expectations of personal responsibility. What should she have done to vet? Go to the website of the party she's transferring the money to and verify the app from their end? That doesn't seem much to expect for a multi-million dollar personal risk.
        lnxg33k1 2y ago
        Google maps is not responsible for people going in a lake, unless they'd say "USing google maps make you safe from driving in a lake", I think we're not understanding each other, I am not saying people aren't responsible for themselves, I am saying if companies are responsible for what they advertise
wkrsz 2y ago
A "verified app" is an app that has been verified not to compete with platform owner's products, doesn't bypass their subscription processing and doesn't in any other way cut into their revenue streams. /s

ethbr1 2y ago

Due diligence. Nobody should be trusting Google or Apple to be protecting them. Certainly not for a $1M+ USD deposit. That the app stores are illegal monopolies shouldn't opine on someone suffering the consequences for their own poor decisions.

immibis 2y ago
How do you verify an app?
- navigate8310 2y ago
  By lifting the corporate veil and verifying the legal and physical existence of the developer behind the app
  - lnxg33k1 2y ago
    I think you're forgetting that the pillar of our economy is trust, and communication, removing the trust and everything collapses, it was engineered like this, our whole economy is engineered on impulses, testimonials, advertising, and shallowness. Remove that, and these corporations save $5m and lose billions. I agree with you, I wouldn't give someone 10 euros if not vetting, but if google puts "Verified by Play Protect" , restrict me to do anything, talk about their stores as a safe and vetted place, then it must be kept accountable
    - ethbr1 2y ago
      There's two separate issues here: 1. Dealing with Google's failure to remove in a timely manner 2. Dealing with the fraud Comingling them creates a slippery slope ("I drove my car into a lake because Maps told me to...") that erodes normal expectations of personal responsibility. What should she have done to vet? Go to the website of the party she's transferring the money to and verify the app from their end? That doesn't seem much to expect for a multi-million dollar personal risk.
      - lnxg33k1 2y ago
        Google maps is not responsible for people going in a lake, unless they'd say "USing google maps make you safe from driving in a lake", I think we're not understanding each other, I am not saying people aren't responsible for themselves, I am saying if companies are responsible for what they advertise

wkrsz 2y ago

A "verified app" is an app that has been verified not to compete with platform owner's products, doesn't bypass their subscription processing and doesn't in any other way cut into their revenue streams. /s