Fake evidence? Do you even own the app? It's not like you can create custom messages. Unless "my sports team sucks" can be used in a murder trial, I don't think you know what you're talking about.
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Fake evidence? Do you even own the app? It's not like you can create custom messages. Unless "my sports team sucks" can be used in a murder trial, I don't think you know what you're talking about.
Apple ended up paying $21 million for that. Are you saying the developers of this app should just hand over that amount to Apple and call it even?
The App developer owes Apple NOTHING ... Apple vetted the App as GOOD TO GO and now Apple has pulled it from the App Store.
Of course Apple should pay the $21 million ... they stole the design without permission.
SEE the difference?
Difference is that's between Swiss Railway and Apple, not this particular App, it's out of scope since we are talking about App developers and Apple's stringent guidelines.
And Apple's stringent guidelines vetted the App as GOOD TO GO ... Apple never asked for permission to use the clock design.
There are quite illegal ways to mix and use household chemicals that will get you thrown in jail.
That's a very good example of the risks of associating with someone who is crazy. You don't need a silly messages app to enable crazy people to harm you if hang around them long enough.
Not really anything like a virus, since the only people who can perpetrate this hideous crime are your friends. And only in your conversation with them. And the app evidently doesn't even quite work right.
Anyone defending this has obviously never been set up before. This is fun but could be extremely annoying and even dangerous if you come across people that have anger issues. I'm sure that's why Apple doesn't wanna be liable when someone actually gets pissed
Uhh...that would never happen because they aren't going to admit a screenshot of a conversation as evidence...and either way the screenshot would have to come from the receivers phone for it to look correct. And then to debunk it you just have to tap and hold to show the original text.
If you don't have photoshop skills there are fake iMessage screenshot generators all over the internet already.
Get the app first, before you post anymore incorrect info on it.
The problem is that it doesn't look legit on the sender side. The sender and receiver see different things, these stickers look like source bubbles...so it can only look correct on the receiving end. On the sender side you see their blue bubble overwritten by a grey one.
Someone in Apple's app store unit made a mistake. Not a big deal. It's happened before. Mice nuts in the grand scheme of things. Nobody's phone caught on fire.
What would be a big deal, is rushing a phone design and incorporating a poorly designed subpar battery apparently with no stringent vetting/testing/QA, and then endangering the public by releasing the phone as GOOD TO GO. And then, once reports of explosions and fires come in from customers, trying to keep a low profile getting their phones back by not notifying and working with US regulatory agencies as they were supposed to - until they were caught.
Wow, Apple is doing this app's marketing for the developer.
Had they kept shut, this app, like all other apps of this kind, would have gone out of fashion.
Had they kept shut, this app, like all other apps of this kind, would have gone out of fashion.
"Apple's PR department..."
That tiny juvenile ad-homenim is precious!
My comment is hardly gratuitous. It illustrates the difference between a company making a simple mistake in the app store approval process and one that that tried to sneak something through that was dangerous. The difference being essentially a non-problem vs a real problem.
As the app is designed to deceive recipients of iMessage messages, it's good Apple has stepped in on further review once they were aware of that potential use. Still, Apple has given the developers an opportunity to bring their app into compliance. Sounds good to me.
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In its court cases with Samsung the Apple lawyers claimed Apple had patented the oblong with round corners shape, and that Samsung were copying because they used the colours 'black' and 'white' for their phones..... so yes Apple is so far up its rear end and arrogant enough to claim it owns colours and shapes.
Poor guy, he seems to genuinely not know what to do.
I just bought the app and left a review just to support.
Goodluck, Adam!
I just bought the app and left a review just to support.
Goodluck, Adam!
Ironically, they probably don't even "use" the typeface. It happens by default, iOS renders all fonts as San Francisco unless specified otherwise.
They likely just needed reasons to withdraw the app, because they were caught off-guard. Pulling the app is not a bad idea at all, but the reasoning they put forward is just unconvincing.
Apple continues to prove they are total douches these days (from a company started by someone that used to sell blue box "Phreak" boxes to cheat telephone long distance calls it seems twice as hypocritical).
I didn't bring up the Swiss Railway clock. So that isn't my issue.
Now Apple has unvetted the app, pending some design changes. That's the story.
Absolutely!! Do you know how many men and women go to court and police showing text messages from each other that include felony content ("I'm going to kill you!") or custody and visitation impacting (even restraining orders) based on pranked texts showing statements like, "I don't give a F*ck about the children or their schoolwork!!!" ?
This app should rightfully be pulled and force-updated so that users cannot create such mayhem.