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I think this is pretty unethical, mostly because there is no mention in the app description or the app itself that you are doing this. Something about it feels
by jawngee 13y ago
I think this is pretty unethical, mostly because there is no mention in the app description or the app itself that you are doing this. Something about it feels very greasy and shady. I'd almost, almost, call it a trojan.
Now if you put a disclaimer up front, or if it was an opt-in thing, then sure. But right now you don't have any of that in the app, so I'm not sure how it differentiates itself from something like this: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/8/bitcoin-trojan http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/8/bitcoin-trojan
I'm sure apple approved it because they didn't catch it.
Gross.
- Tepix 13y agoThe post is dated April 1st.
- jawngee 13y agoI understand, but people should stop and consider the virality and potential impact of their april fool's day joke. What if Apple didn't find this funny and yanked their app? Boom goes the dynamite and for no purpose but posting a dumb joke that isn't even funny.
- eurleif 13y agoAlso seems similar to this. A gaming company was fined $1 million for embedding a BTC miner. http://www.wired.com/2013/11/e-sports/ http://www.wired.com/2013/11/e-sports/