It’s also devoid of legitimate apps compared to the iPhone App Store.
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Indie Developer Dogged By Scammy Clone Apps Again Highlights the Holes in Apple's App Store Review Process
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So I guess you ARE saying that the scam and copycat apps that are CURRENTLY targeting iOS would vanish with sideloading? That NONE of those companies finding it quite profitable with sneaking iOS apps into the App Store would NOT target the same kinds of customers with even more scam and copycat apps from outside the store?
“Hey, it’s WAY easier to trick folks into downloading the apps from our website. BUT, instead of doing that, let’s keep on trying to sneak them onto the App Store. Why? Because! Everyone knows sideloading is magically free of scams and copycats, and we’re not going to be the scammy copycat company that changes that!”
I mean, it’s an opinion, I’ll give you that!
This is sad for the hard-working devs. I hope that this gets fixed soon.
Example "fourteen thousand two hundred and sixty five"
Apple is totally full of it about the App Store, the "benefits" they offer and the "risk to consumers" if we don't allow their App distribution and revenue collection cartel to continue.
The moral of the story is that there are LOTS of bad developers out there.
And, there are vastly more developers NOT using the App Store than ARE using the App Store.
The walled garden has too many cracks and is unfit for purpose as is if clones are easily getting through. If apps are being checked properly then these things that slip through should be rare.
Well, yes, the thing is, over the AppStore you rarely or never get in touch with the legit App Developer. People usually don’t know who developed their favorite App. And Apple proudly preach to its users “Here on our roads you never got hit by a car, it’s all safe!”, but accidents happens all the time simply because people became careless due to Apple false safety statements.So I guess you ARE saying that the scam and copycat apps that are CURRENTLY targeting iOS would vanish with sideloading? That NONE of those companies finding it quite profitable with sneaking iOS apps into the App Store would NOT target the same kinds of customers with even more scam and copycat apps from outside the store?
“Hey, it’s WAY easier to trick folks into downloading the apps from our website. BUT, instead of doing that, let’s keep on trying to sneak them onto the App Store. Why? Because! Everyone knows sideloading is magically free of scams and copycats, and we’re not going to be the scammy copycat company that changes that!”
Additionally, if Apple allows any malware to enter the AppStore, like they often do and in this case, then there is no easy way to find out who the legit Developer/App is.
Outside the AppStore People would learn and remember:
Fifa Games: ea.com
Adobe Apps: adobe.com
Affinity Apps: affinify.serif.com
Autodesk Apps: autodesk.com
etc.
Outside the AppStore People simply get more often in touch with the legit source of their favorite Apps and Games, and they are overall more careful when it comes to new App searches, which is a good thing.
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This is the problem. Just like Amazon, who have scammy products all over their “marketplace”, the company has no real incentive to stop doing a thing that makes them tons of money.
Thank you for providing the link. I think it shows the scale of the problem ($1.5 billion worth of attempted fraud), but that Apple (or law enforcement via Apple) is at least making some effort. Still, there seems to be a constant trickle of obvious cases that seem to get through Apple's procedures. As a consumer, those cases worry me and I do not purchase as many apps as I otherwise would because of that concern.
As fella above you said
“Reviewers have daily quotas of between 50 and 100 apps, and the number of apps any individual reviewer gets through in an hour is tracked by software called Watchtower, according to screenshots seen by CNBC.”
Seems that they have the wrong incentives to remove scams.
Well out of ~5 million apps submitted in 2020 they rejected ~2million appsThanks! That would imply Apple is making a significant dent.
Of 2 million apps 150.000 was rejected for spam and probably fraudulent. That’s 8% of apps then.
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Outch. Sure if apps slips through. But scams ending up on the feature page is bad.
You cannot expect Apple to catch all copy cats, it's up to the developer to be active as well, both can make a substantial impact against copycats. Luckily there is only one store and the problem can be remedied ... Good luck in Android world as a developer ... But yeah developers like to complain both ways, but in real life you cannot have it both ways ;-)
No. I'm not certain about it. I'm seeking numbers from people who apparently have data to support their concrete assertions. I've yet to see any.
"I'd rather have the option to get my apps from a place I trust more than the app store anyway."
Certainly there must be other phones out there that can meet your needs. Why not vote with your currency and purchase one? And find happiness.
I think you are mocking me. I use one of those for a door stop and it works fine. Never realized it was supposed to hook to a computer.
To be fair, in this case, the developer didn’t even help themselves out by naming their app something that could be more readily defendable. They’ve named their app something generic and have hurt themselves as a result.
Any user can click on the link for “Developer Website” for every application on the App Store.
Most of the computing world is outside Apple’s walled garden so has had a fairly long time to learn and remember those. I guess that’s why there’s absolutely zero scams and copycat apps outside Apple’s walled garden? /s
I know you don’t believe that people who get easily tricked within a “walled garden” will fare better after leaving that garden? Their skills at discerning scams will not suddenly increase significantly and the variety of scams they’ll be exposed to will be raised exponentially.
Apple gets the same cut from scam apps as it does legitimate ones. Scam apps tend to also be cheaper to lure unsuspecting customers away from real options. There is no real monetary benefit for Apple letting scam apps in and we‘re well past the stage of app stores comparing the number of apps. The issue is that it’s not feasible for Apple to decide whether something is just a close copycat or actually infringing on a developer‘s IP unless it’s blatantly apparent.Does Apple still get their cut from these scam apps? Maybe there is our answer.