There's also Handbrake if you want a GUI.
I mean you can always use something like AltStore.
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Study Finds Up to 2% of Top 1,000 Paid Apps on App Store Were Scams
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Winning PR: when Apple drops apps for scams it should advise Customers and return their money, or, at least the commission they charge.
That’s rough. I do enjoy paying for quality software, but I realize I’m in the minority. And it doesn’t help that users have been trained to want dirt-cheap apps. I hope your app gets more visibility after you switch to IAP
Even better, have Apple hold all payments for 90 days and offer refunds during that period. To many chargebacks and pull the app. One issue, however is the reverse scam where you use the app once and then chargeback.
Yea, a consistent and transparent refund policy would be good.
Those get a 1 star from me even if I have to go to the app store. If I like the app I give the developer a break, and often give a 5 star review if warranted, but if you ask me immediately, or keep asking after I decline, you get 1 star.
Good point. I do not mind paying for updates for apps I use regularly; I get developers need to make money to stay in business. My only beef is the annual updates some companies seem to do as a subscription in all but name model.
“In the same press release, the company claimed that it catches most scams within a month of them arriving on the App Store.”
Uh, how about before they arrive on the App Store?
Uh, how about before they arrive on the App Store?
I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding you, or you misunderstood what I was trying to say. I was say that Apple has incentive to stop scam apps.
Hmmm, dealing with the DMV in most cases requires some amount of standing… sooo, I’m gonna disagree
Right? Isn't the whole point of a curated official app store, that there is some kind of evaluation and approval process in place to weed out the scams and the junk *before* being listed?
Imagine the scam apps on the Google Play store and others. This is not isolated to Apple.
for me , apple is a bit strict with human testing while google just kill your app without mention. Apple kinda supportive saying whats is not good and not okay and theirs service support is good.
You can. If you’ve got a Mac and Xcode, there’s nothing stopping you from installing it on your iOS device of choice.
Yes, I’m aware, but I mean without side loading.
I understand that not everyone feels that way though.
You're right. But Apple positions themselves as the 'premium' choice, and charges $$$ accordingly. As a consumer, paying a premium price, you expect to get a premium experience. What's the differentiator then, if the Apple App store is no better than Google or anyone else's? Seems Apple isn't doing much with that 30% developer fee, aside from lining their pockets.
I enter the PlayStore with the attitude that every app is a scam until proven otherwise. Apple and fanbois touts that the AppStore is a paragon of safety and security; hence the hefty protection money. By your own standards be you judged. The PlayStore makes zero claim for safety or security. It's the wild, wild West in there. The AppStore is supposed to be a walled garden where weed aren't allowed to intrude.
Just re-install? I mean, it’s not like you’re going to throw away your Mac with it’s copy of Xcode.
I don’t have to do that when I downloaded software from GitHub to my Mac. Would be awesome if I could have that experience on iOS as well.
I’d also love to have terminal on my iPad, but that’s probably not happening any time soon either 😂
if got apple developer license also got limit day but not 7 days and you cannot share for testing apps.. You need re install each 7 days your apps . Side load in android no limit days and much easier and its free thus the epic vs apple fiasco. Epic want to be like android which they didnt have to paid 30% apple tax.
The lame result of that is that it kills family sharing (which may or may not be relevant for a given app, but still…).
Actually, the developer can enable family sharing for any given in-app purchase that they choose.
Only “consumable” purchases can’t be shared.
Family Sharing for IAP and subscri… | Apple Developer Forums
Good to know. The last time I looked at it — for language apps — it seems like that wasn’t the case.Actually, the developer can enable family sharing for any given in-app purchase that they choose.
Only “consumable” purchases can’t be shared.
Family Sharing for IAP and subscri… | Apple Developer Forums
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I just meant for an individual developer that wants to run any given open source library on their device, they can do so. If you want to distribute an app to many others, then you have to go through Apple.
I wonder, for the people that use “forced” and “made”, are they just the kind of people with no impulse control but, instead of defining THAT as the problem, they instead indicate that companies that produce and market things are MAKING them buy things and FORCING them to consume?