Apple Explains How the App Store Keeps Users Safe in Big-Number Ways

[JonathanX64]

Alright, let me get straight to the point ... Why are you all still using iPhones then?

I just like mine because it's small and it's pink.

It’s always the same complaints, too expensive, too boring, lacking features, the App Store sucks and so on. Same story with Macs.

In reality though, it's not the same story between iPhone and Mac

iPhones exist in an ultra-competitive market. Tons of phones are released by different manufacturers every month, at vastly different price points, with varying software (even if it’s all Android-based), unique features, etc.
Despite that, iPhone remains immensely popular, and that’s exactly why Apple is fighting so hard to keep the App Store as the only way to use the phone. They want to milk every last cent from their success.

Macs have no competition, they’re simply unstoppable at this point. Not only because Apple Silicon is incredible, but also thanks to Windows 11 being a hot mess, Intel Core Ultra being (literally) hot garbage, and the X Elite is somehow doing even worse.
I’m sooo glad that Apple still doesn’t realise how good of a product modern Mac is, and hasn’t started ******tifying it like they’ve done with their other platforms.

 

[MTWomg]

We're just sharing propaganda now?

 

[BaldiMac]

We're just sharing propaganda now?

Apple's been putting out the same data every year for a while now. And MacRumors covers it every year. Is it somehow new or unexpected that MacRumors covers an Apple press release?

 

[turbineseaplane]

Well said by Craig

 

[Elohim369]

Internet scale is mind-blowing 🤯

Also I agree with many here, it's just their PR campaign.

I bought a piece of very fine hardware from apple. I paid cash for it, they got the cash, I got the hardware. It was a fair deal. I am happy, They are happy.

Now, I can do whatever I want on my property. I can install any software I want to install. Apple should not continue to insert themselves between me and providers of software that I would like to use.

 

[Elohim369]

Not dismissing the high number of potential frauds Apple circumvents, but the app store is also rejecting apps based on false positives or unclear/changing guidelines that are likely included in those numbers

My anecdotal example, my company's monthly service app updates are routinely rejected (once/twice a year) for unclear reasons despite being on the store for well over a decade - sometimes it's a zealous employee, sometimes it's a stiffer rule, sometimes it's because some bit of text could be misinterpreted by users (and it's extra funny when it's an asset that's been in our app for years that suddently is deemed an issue). There's always a reason for it, but the logic can be counterproductive or missing the mark

While it's good to have a solid validation process, it's not always stopping actual risks - but it's probably ultimately better to have stricter rules than looser ones nonetheless

Same here. Around 10% of our app submissions were rejected.

And I think these rejections are counted in the statistics.

Same reasons, either they made up new rules - which they seem to be doing all the time. Or a overzealous employee found something that was ok up to that point.

It's really very annoying.

I think it would be great if Apple reviews would stick to fraud and abuse and scams.

Instead, they have a lot of user protection rules that don't actually protect users, or don't make sense, or just don't work in all cases.

So I am pretty sure the app rejections are 99% false positives.

Not only are there a lot of needless rejections; it's also that actual scammers know the rules and are very alert to them, and they are easily able to slip in apps that cause harm, as has been proven many times over.

If you have a react native app that updates itself from some website, it can pass app store review as one kind of app, then turn into a completely different app later - happens a lot.