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Has anyone verified this claim? Last time I looked for an app there were so many fakes that I gave up since it wasn't clear which was the real one.

Update: Worse today than it was before. Not only fake apps but banned apps. ES File Explorer was banned from Google Play Store in 2019 but ended up on Apple App Store so it's the graveyard of banned Android apps.

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The old version (before Cheetah Mobile brought out the original developer) of ES File Explorer was great. Now it's all spyware and data mining. Pretty much everything that used to be great got brought out by Cheetah Mobile. I still have the old, old version of ES File Explorer on my phone which is only possible because of sideloading.
 
Has anyone verified this claim? Last time I looked for an app there were so many fakes that I gave up since it wasn't clear which was the real one.

Update: Worse today than it was before. Not only fake apps but banned apps. ES File Explorer was banned from Google Play Store in 2019 but ended up on Apple App Store so it's the graveyard of banned Android apps.

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You stated ES Explore being banned but show ES Explorer Zip Unzip in iOS.

Is this two separate apps?! Looks to be so not in the name alone but by function.

Show the original app being banned by android and for what reasons specifically. Else your story is limited view in a one sided stance.

Limited info causes issues.
 
More propaganda from Apple.
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2. The entire middle row is what banks and credit card companies are for. How Apple views this as their role is a mystery. But it gives them something to claim.
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Credit card companies can only do so much. Visa and Mastercard now require merchants to have chip readers, if a merchant only has a swipe machine, then that merchant becomes responsible for any fraudulent charges. So they would need to check IDs and signatures for all purchases.
I think this was Apple's way of saying they take responsibility for fraudulent charges, and third party App Store might not do this.
If a new app store starts accepting Visa, and there are 10,000 fraudulent charges, who is responsible for that money? Visa? the developer, the customer, the app store?
 
Has anyone verified this claim? Last time I looked for an app there were so many fakes that I gave up since it wasn't clear which was the real one.

Update: Worse today than it was before. Not only fake apps but banned apps. ES File Explorer was banned from Google Play Store in 2019 but ended up on Apple App Store so it's the graveyard of banned Android apps.

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I think the first question is, is the claim verifiable? Who else besides Apple has access to this data?

But if these numbers are real, then it reasonably proves that Apple is serious about screening illegitimate apps. Of course I’m sure the number of illegitimate apps trying to get into the App Store is astronomical, so it’s a given that there will be many that sneak by. So vetting must continually get better. No question about that.
Of course it is bad that a banned app from the Google Play Store gets into the App Store, but to then conclude that the App Store is “the graveyard of banned Android apps” from that alone is a leap. For instance, are we sure there are no banned apps from the App Store that are currently in the Google Play store?
 
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All these big numbers, not saying they are false, only Apple knows. More like a marketing slide for Apple to justify staying locked up.

This 100%. I know that because I had my own account flagged as fraudulent and could not get support to at least review my account and realize their system mischaracterized me. They just told me to pound sand and create a new account. The only way I got it fixed was emailing Tim Cook, thankfully someone from his office helped out. But it was an extremely frustrating and maddening experience.
 
"343,000 apps were rejected for various privacy violations."

At the same time Apple collects $11 Billion/year from Google to harvest iPhone users' privacy from searches. The hypocrisy is astounding.
Opinionated statement based on the default, not forced, option for iPhone users just as any other browser for PC except Brave browser who’s been proven to have issues in its startup from the beginning (search security sites).

Where is the data showing searches done on iPhone using Google (non signed in Google accounts) gives privacy data to Google) please?
 
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Credit card companies can only do so much. Visa and Mastercard now require merchants to have chip readers, if a merchant only has a swipe machine, then that merchant becomes responsible for any fraudulent charges. So they would need to check IDs and signatures for all purchases.
I think this was Apple's way of saying they take responsibility for fraudulent charges, and third party App Store might not do this.
If a new app store starts accepting Visa, and there are 10,000 fraudulent charges, who is responsible for that money? Visa? the developer, the customer, the app store?
The store is almost never involved in fraudulent charges. It is entirely worked out between the user and their bank. Target isn't going to step in and prevent fraud.
 
Out of how many submissions though? Also, couldn’t another third party also moderate?
They have no interest in doing so and don’t have the mechanisms designed for it. Google has the resources but chooses not to because a lockdown of the OS would lock them out of the data they created the OS for.

Who will decide which stores can exist? How many of the criminal enterprises represented by blocks on this list will be happy they can create a fake Apple Store and still more credit cards and identities?
 
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Opinionated statement based on the default, not forced, option for iPhone users just as any other browser for PC except Brave browser who’s been proven to have issues in its startup from the beginning (search security sites).

Where is the data showing searches done on iPhone using Google (non signed in Google accounts) gives privacy data to Google) please?
It does not. I personally rarely use Google for search on my devices. I use duck duck go.
 
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The store is almost never involved in fraudulent charges. It is entirely worked out between the user and their bank. Target isn't going to step in and prevent fraud.
As long as Target is using the approved equipment required by the bank. It's in their contract to have chip readers(EMV complaint), if they don't they responsible for fraudulent charges. Same as if they accepted fake money, they wouldn't take it to a bank and say "we didn't mean to take this fake money, but we'd like you to swap it out."
 
how many apps do they reject with no explanation to the developer?
With millions of Apps in play, it sounds like the gates are flooded with criminals trying to slip through the cracks. It’s like a patrolman not answering cat rescue calls while being overwhelm with 5-10 robberies a shift.
 
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And outside the App Store there would be none!
Strawman, bro. No one is making the claim that there are no copycats outside the AppStore. Hail, there are more copycats apps in the PlayStore, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

The best way to combat the is using the stuff between our ears. Blindly trusting Apple--like a lot of folks do, because they've been fooled by Apple's propaganda machine--is a huge mistake.

I wish there was a way filter the apps by the permissions it requires to run. I know I'd reject everything that wants access to my contact list (90% of the PlayStore apps???) unless it's something I know requires that access.
 
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And if third party stores are allowed this 1.6M will look laughably small. These 3rd parties will neither have the resources nor the incentive to protect consumers the way Apple does.
 
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For people that say side loading will be a greater issue it's false since going to steam.com there's only one Steam app. Repeat for bofa.com, chase.com, ikea.com, etc. vs gazillions on Apple App Store.
 
Out of how many submissions though? Also, couldn’t another third party also moderate?

A lot of things Apple does can ultimately be attributed to a desire for control over every aspect of the user experience. I doubt Apple will ever outsource such a key function to a third party.
 
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WOW, over 800,000 fraudulent developer accounts terminated! I guess that is the downside of the $99/yr fee, to scammer scumbags that is a low cost of entry.

Also, almost 350,000 apps rejected for privacy violations... thanks Apple!!! But yes, lets allow alt-stores where privacy declarations won't exist, won't be checked or will hide behind 100 pages of EULA legal-ese.
For those who love the App Store, sideloading and/or the presence of third party stores will in no way compel them to abandon Apple's store.
 
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Opinionated statement based on the default, not forced, option for iPhone users just as any other browser for PC except Brave browser who’s been proven to have issues in its startup from the beginning (search security sites).

Where is the data showing searches done on iPhone using Google (non signed in Google accounts) gives privacy data to Google) please?
The data is Google is paying $11 Billion/year to Apple, 82% of Google's revenue coming from ads, and targeted ads earning much more for Google's than the non-targeted ads Google's competitors have to settle for after Apple's app tracking transparency changes. Where do you think Google is getting the data for targeted ads on iOS?
 
I don't understand the headline. In the US are retailers and agencies of this kind legally able to sell counterfeit goods or worst? I mean, in the EU any retailer or agent selling counterfeit or worst are legally bound to the goods they sell or supply. I mean if that is the case, the App Store is doing nothing but following the law like any other retailer or agent. What is incredible is size of the net caching all sorts of fish.

On another note I do not understand the statistics ... do these numbers include all Apps rejected because they violate the App Store policies? Does this include Apps or services that did simply did follow the rules of in app purchases or provided links to outside the App Store. In such a realm where this automatically granted the category of untrustworthy or risky? If that is the case ... risky and untrustworthy for whom ... Apple?

There is plenty here for the ones that like to play with words. Unless this is supervised by a third party the cynical in me finds it hard to trust the wording. Its like when they removed charger for the devices they sell as a good thing to the environment ... meanwhile the sale of simple chargers reached a golden age.

Humm.
 
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