This is just terrible. Not Apple’s fault, but there definitely has to be a way to track this.
App scams
This is just terrible. Not Apple’s fault, but there definitely has to be a way to track this.
iOS is winning! 🙂
The this is completely different from Android piracy comments come In 3 2 1…
But it is Apple’s fault. If they took fraud more seriously and put in place a refund or flagging system, then this problem would be far less hurtful to consumers. Simple app review isn’t the hammer that will solve all issues, no one tool is.
A way to flag problem apps that then removes them from the store until it is reviewed would be good. A system that detects multiple very quickly posts 5 star ads wouldn’t hurt either. Especially if they all pop up say in the first 12 hours of the app being live, from the same geography, form review codes etc.
Perhaps even detecting apps where the text etc is changed within the first 12 hours of going live would be good also
What are the numbers for this sort of behavior? How many scam apps are there in the iTunes store?
When developers exploit weaknesses in the Play Store that equals Android/Google bad. When developers exploit a weakness with the App Store that does not equal Apple’s fault.
Not sure why Apple gets a pass here. Its their store. Further, if you read the comments, it sounds like it took them a week to remove the offending app.