Can't I still want to keep an iPhone while wanting it to work better for me? Also, I don't "vote" with currency. And many who do vote don't stop there. Software can evolve. Corporate sycophants and loyalist usually don't.
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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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Sure. But don’t expect the government to force apple to make the iPhone do what you want.
I definitely have in the past. The manufacturer won’t miss my couple of bucks but I do what’s best for me.
Ok.
It usually does.
Why does this seem bother you? Live and let live. People have their own unique requirements.
Android is your answer. More payment solutions will not solve this issue, in fact it may exacerbate the issue.
Got it, and nice obfuscation. You have no app store numbers/data to share.
nope for the 30% cut everyone seems to think apple is justified in take there should be no mistakes no errors copycats are fine but clones are just **** and apple shouldn't have let them through based on THEIR own rules.
This article is about an indie developer, not the government. Users can certainly tell Apple what they want in their phones, but corporate sycophants and loyalists don't want users to do that. They should live and let live. All they do is complain about people who have their own unique requirements and ask everyone to accept whatever they get.
Apple only takes 15% or less from 98% of developers. I know the 30% sounds scarier, but it's not the norm.
It's not an obfuscation. I mentioned that I don't know the numbers and data. Do you? You asked. Still, I can say that based on this article alone, one indie developer found two scam accounts, and there were dozens of scammy wordle accounts. I answered the rest.
How do you define obfuscation?
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Two scam accounts versus Apple's claim that it blocked more than 470,000 developer accounts due to fraud. Sometimes a little perspective is needed.
Dozens of scammy wordle accounts cleared up in a day or two.
Do you even macOS, bro?It’s also devoid of legitimate apps compared to the iPhone App Store.
Never even implied that. I just stated the obvious fact that iOS has more apps available than macOS.
Since the world apparently is divided between corporate sycophants/loyalist and critics with no grey areas, the critics want the App Store regulated as they apparently don’t ascribe to “perfect is the enemy of good.” That the app store review process has holes in it means to some App Store regulation is welcome.
The critics should accept that any process isn’t perfect. I personally encourage changes either by sending emails to feedback@apple.com, social media or voting with your wallet.
I don’t endorse change through government regulation.
Not all critics asking for regulation! Some want options, so we ask. Some, like indie developers in this article make suggestions to Apple, not the government. Archer is not a critic with no gray areas. When I ask for other ways to get apps, I'm not asking for app store regulation, and that certainly doesn't mean government regulation
Not all “corporate sycophants and loyalists believe the current status shouldn’t change either. There is a mix of opinions on these threads.
And I understand the sentiment regarding “other ways to get apps”. How this will all play out remains to be seen.
A fair questions fairly asked. I mostly use 1st party apps. I don't play games on my phone. I download my banking apps and apps like ecobee to control my thermostat (although I wish I could connect it to home kit without using the ecobee app), banking apps etc are from the store, I use MS Office which I pay for outside of the App Store and use the App Store to download. I don't do Facebook et al. All the apps on my phone fit on one screen with a few folders. I don't have hundreds of apps, perhaps 40.
I find the App Store useful for downloading apps for services I have purchased elsewhere (banking, insurance, utilities, entertainment), I have only one paid app from the store, AdGuard.
The App Store has its uses. I would never shop it like a store, I don't look at it as a place to find and buy products, but the place where the people I have bought products from distribute software to connect with them.
The App Store has a use case for me, but 99.99% of the stuff on offer it pure unadulterated, worthless, crap.
I actually wonder how many people actually use the AppStore to find useful things. If I actually want to find things I must look at third party websites for whatever category I’m looking for
I’d guess that a majority of the downloads from the App Store are from marketing efforts outside the store. It’s just SO much easier to find actual comparative reviews and more in depth videos via YouTube.
I'll just leave this here. This is an app PAYING Apple to advertise that came up when I searched for 1Password ?
