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by egocentric 5y ago
Announcement and link to the new form: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=dovxb62h Please use it, and help make the App Store better for everyone! Of note, the ability for users to report apps from their App Store
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App Store: 12 years later, a form for developers to report suspicious apps(twitter.com)
2 points by egocentric 5y ago|1 comments
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by egocentric 5y ago
My point is for that to also be in the downloaded app, since the new rule requires account creation and deletion to both be in the same place - which I think is a natural place to look for it as a user, savvy or not.
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by egocentric 5y ago
“If your app supports account creation, you must also offer account deletion within the app.” Separately, they should also do this for subscriptions.
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by egocentric 5y ago
Now do subscriptions. For all the people who fall prey to misleading tactics and don’t know how to cancel.
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Apple’s new App Store Guidelines aim to crack down on fraud and scams(techcrunch.com)
2 points by egocentric 5y ago|0 comments
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by egocentric 5y ago
Apple employee: > the Files app was manually boosted on the top for the query “Dropbox” Whoops!
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by egocentric 5y ago
Some relevant Apple marketing statements [1]: "The apps you love. From a place you can trust." "For over a decade, the App Store has proved to be a safe and trusted place to discover and download apps." "Every day,
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by egocentric 5y ago
What is not?
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by egocentric 5y ago
You’d think! This is not just possible, it's actually extremely easy to do. Hoping to share a proof of concept soon.
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by egocentric 5y ago
If you could please elaborate, what did the tweet say and who exactly was it by?
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by egocentric 5y ago
I’d love to know more about this, mind sharing some more details over DM? Thanks! https://twitter.com/keleftheriou
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by egocentric 5y ago
Android and Windows devices don’t necessarily have the same OS-level security provisions, so this isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison. It’s probably true that iOS as an operating system has had stronger security from the start, but that’s
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by egocentric 5y ago
If Apple is so concerned about user security & privacy when it comes to alternative app stores, they should adjust their policies so that the apps most users want will see no reason not to be on the App Store.
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by egocentric 5y ago
Apple doesn’t let developers tell their users what Apple’s rules are, including the fact that up to 30% of their payment goes straight to Apple. And of course people don’t know of all the good apps that never get to be on the App Store beca
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by egocentric 5y ago
Your parents and non-techie friends and family won’t have to use alternative stores, no one will be forcing them to. And if Apple is so concerned about user security & privacy when it comes to alternative app stores, they should adjust
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by egocentric 5y ago
You will also have a choice: don’t use alternative stores And if Apple is so concerned about user security & privacy when it comes to alternative app stores, they should adjust their policies so that the apps most users want will see no
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by egocentric 5y ago
That's because of system-level protections like the sandbox, not App Review or the App Store.
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by egocentric 5y ago
Thank you for being open-minded. Since the article you posted, I’ve uncovered a lot more about the prevalence of fraudulent apps on the App Store: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/21/22385859/apple-app-s
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by egocentric 5y ago
> drop in the ocean cough
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Apple will reportedly face EU antitrust charges this week(theverge.com)
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Apple downplays complaints about App Store scams in antitrust hearing(techcrunch.com)
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Apple’s $64 billion-a-year App Store isn’t catching the most egregious scams(theverge.com)
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Apple's App Store 'breaking at the seams', says former Marketing Director(imore.com)
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Casino app disguised as a kids game on the App Store(twitter.com)
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by egocentric 5y ago
Yesterday’s thread of a different scam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26794228 Today’s thread is about a VPN scam (!)
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Another top-grossing scam on the App Store(threadreaderapp.com)
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by egocentric 5y ago
Also, from my other comment, Apple could let us sideload notarized apps. This means: - Automated scan for malware - Remote kill switch, just in case They already do this for macOS [1]: > “Notarization is not App Review. The Apple notar
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by egocentric 5y ago
“Sideloading Apps Would ‘Break’ the Security and Privacy of iPhone”, said Tim Cook. But instead of gaslighting us, Apple could let us sideload notarized apps. This means: - Automated scan for malware - Remote kill switch, just in case They
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by egocentric 5y ago
Apple removed the “Report a Problem” button they used to have on the App Store for each app: https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1381463249749565440?...

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