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Feel free to inform all the people that performed the studies that showed that 2% of the top 1000 apps in the Appstore are scam apps. Lol!
How did one scam app developer make 13 million from the Appstore app? It is mind boggling.
What’s 2% of 1000? 20. 20 malicious apps. I don’t even have to search to know that Windows, Android have more than 20 apiece. Maybe even 25, but I don’t know, that’s a big number.

And, I know what malware supporters are thinking. “Apple can do better than that. With their help, there can be 40, 4000, 40,000 and more malware ALL ACROSS the internet! Let’s work to make iOS the kind of malware infested OS we all know it can be! The App Store just does NOT provide the type of environment where malware can flourish!”

How did one scam app developer make 13 million from the Appstore app? It is mind boggling.
No, it’s not mind boggling, it’s the same thing that Netflix, Paramount+, and all subscription services do. Get people to sign up for a free trial understanding they’ll be autobilled at the end of the trial period and hope they don’t cancel. The app wasn’t even a scam, it does exactly what it says it does. I downloaded, didn’t sign up then deleted it. If I had signed up for the subscription, I could have gone into settings and disabled the auto bill even before I was billed. No subscription payment, no malware left on my phone, no ransom ware, no identity theft. I know Windows users WISH scams on Windows were ONLY that bad.
 
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What’s 2% of 1000? 20. 20 malicious apps. I don’t even have to search to know that Windows, Android have more than 20 apiece. Maybe even 25, but I don’t know, that’s a big number.

But do they promote scam apps like Apple does? It is one thing for apps to slip through by mistake, and it is another thing for a platform owner touting security as its mainstay actively promoting scam apps.

And, I know what malware supporters are thinking. “Apple can do better than that. With their help, there can be 40, 4000, 40,000 and more malware ALL ACROSS the internet! Let’s work to make iOS the kind of malware infested OS we all know it can be! The App Store just does NOT provide the type of environment where malware can flourish!”


No, it’s not mind boggling, it’s the same thing that Netflix, Paramount+, and all subscription services do. Get people to sign up for a free trial understanding they’ll be autobilled at the end of the trial period and hope they don’t cancel. The app wasn’t even a scam, it does exactly what it says it does. I downloaded, didn’t sign up then deleted it. If I had signed up for the subscription, I could have gone into settings and disabled the auto bill even before I was billed. No subscription payment, no malware left on my phone, no ransom ware, no identity theft. I know Windows users WISH scams on Windows were ONLY that bad.
See above.
 
But do they promote scam apps like Apple does? It is one thing for apps to slip through by mistake, and it is another thing for a platform owner touting security as its mainstay actively promoting scam apps.
It’s not a scam app, it does what it says it does and clearly indicates that a free trial leads to a subscription. The developer HAS paid to promote their app with fake reviews, but if a user downloads the app, it’s not a trojan horse, it’s not pretending to be one thing while swiping all your images and contact data, it does what it says. The person on twitter that called it a “scam”? They just didn’t agree with the developer on what the app cost for what it did. I’m assuming they DID feel that Netflix’s cost was “worth it” as I didn’t see a post about it or any other of the thousands of subscription apps with free trials.

I’m sure Windows users WISH the “scams” on their system merely did what it says it’s going to do. Anyway, it’s good to see that the malware vendors have folks that are VERY interested in making sure malware becomes more plentiful on iPhones. SOMEONE’s got to speak on their behalf.
 
It’s not a scam app, it does what it says it does and clearly indicates that a free trial leads to a subscription. The developer HAS paid to promote their app with fake reviews, but if a user downloads the app, it’s not a trojan horse, it’s not pretending to be one thing while swiping all your images and contact data, it does what it says. The person on twitter that called it a “scam”? They just didn’t agree with the developer on what the app cost for what it did. I’m assuming they DID feel that Netflix’s cost was “worth it” as I didn’t see a post about it or any other of the thousands of subscription apps with free trials.

I’m sure Windows users WISH the “scams” on their system merely did what it says it’s going to do. Anyway, it’s good to see that the malware vendors have folks that are VERY interested in making sure malware becomes more plentiful on iPhones. SOMEONE’s got to speak on their behalf.
What about this?

You have to agree scam apps are scam apps. Apple promotes them. There are several like these. You can search for them yourself.

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I really get your point, folks that use iOS devices REALLY NEED more serious malware attacks. These App Store apps being able to be shut down by Apple just ISN’T good enough, it’s a joke how little malware’s available for iOS devices. In order to expand malware opportunities for every iOS user in the world, malware developers need the freedom to be able to distribute their OWN malicious apps so that they’re available to all users all around the world at all times.

Windows and Android has apps that can embed malware AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL giving malicious actors full control of the system. Knowing THAT is possible, we cannot simply stand by and settle for apps that don’t take full control of iOS devices. iOS can not be considered a decent operating system like Windows and Android until the amount of malware on the system at LEAST matches the amount of malware on those systems. I commend those focused on making sure that happens! Spyware maker NSO struggled to make payroll, giving them MORE ways to get their malicious code out there will do a lot to help them out!
#iOSNeedsMoreMalware
 
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I really get your point, folks that use iOS devices REALLY NEED more serious malware attacks. These App Store apps being able to be shut down by Apple just ISN’T good enough, it’s a joke how little malware’s available for iOS devices. In order to expand malware opportunities for every iOS user in the world, malware developers need the freedom to be able to distribute their OWN malicious apps so that they’re available to all users all around the world at all times.

Windows and Android has apps that can embed malware AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL giving malicious actors full control of the system. Knowing THAT is possible, we cannot simply stand by and settle for apps that don’t take full control of iOS devices. iOS can not be considered a decent operating system like Windows and Android until the amount of malware on the system at LEAST matches the amount of malware on those systems. I commend those focused on making sure that happens! Spyware maker NSO struggled to make payroll, giving them MORE ways to get their malicious code out there will do a lot to help them out!
#iOSNeedsMoreMalware
well it seems the rate of scams are not limited anyway with or without apples review proces.

and we have data of how many apps they remove on the store that are scams

so if there is 40.000k scam apps on the store knowingly, and 95.000 apps removed for being fraudulent. thats give us catch rate of barely 70%
 
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well it seems the rate of scams are not limited anyway with or without apples review proces.

and we have data of how many apps they remove on the store that are scams

so if there is 40.000k scam apps on the store knowingly, and 95.000 apps removed for being fraudulent. thats give us catch rate of barely 70%
Right, I get ya. iOS needs WAY more malware in order to compete. 100,000 fraudulent apps? 200,000 fraudulent apps? Windows beats that without even trying hard. There should be no rest until every malicious actor can get their malware onto any iPhone anywhere, WITHOUT being restricted by the App Store. So, obviously, the ONLY way to increase the amount of malware to a respectable number is to remove the App Store requirement! #iOSNeedsMoreMalware
 
well it seems the rate of scams are not limited anyway with or without apples review proces.

and we have data of how many apps they remove on the store that are scams

so if there is 40.000k scam apps on the store knowingly, and 95.000 apps removed for being fraudulent. thats give us catch rate of barely 70%
From the numbers posted earlier, there's less than 6K scam apps. From the article you posted, Apple claimed to stop 1.6 million fraud apps. That's a catch rate of 99.6%.
 
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