Could this be related to using the same name as the cryptocurrency? [1] [1] "Dash (DASH) is an open sourced, privacy-centric digital currency with instant transactions." https://www.dash.org/
I would hazard a guess that you're right.
Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store
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Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store
#182I wonder if Apple knows how many developers use Dash. They probably don't realize what a high-profile faux pas they're making.
This is the first time I've heard of this (not a mac user but am a developer). At least as this is software for developers, I reckon most won't mind buying it outside the appstore, it sounds really useful.
It is helpful when the Python doc's search sucks.
Also I keep a copy of all the documentation offline, which is good when I don't always have WiFi
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#183I find it ironic that the EU goes after Google for allowing third party stores (Samsung, Amazon, Nvidia, etc) and sideloaded APKs and allows you to build your own APKs for free... ... but Apple just randomly removes apps that people have purchased from the Apple Store (thus stealing their money and their product, doing everything short of uninstalling it, but preventing reinstallation), and the EU stays silent? This…
Thing is that laws haven't really followed the state of the market. You hear the excuse commonly here - "They don't have a monopoly so it's ok!". It's not and it's damaging the basic way how free markets do and should function - essentially the integrated, DRMed, lockeddown systems prevent choice which is the basic driving force of market innovation. Right now we're in a state where a few companies (mostly Apple, Ama…
What on earth are you talking about ?
You can choose your own messaging platform (WhatsApp, Line) home appliance integration (Zigbee), media player (Spotify, Tidal), TV (Plex), car integration (Bluetooth). I use all of those apps and technologies daily and none are dictated by Apple.
Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store
#184Perhaps this is just another case of Apple/USG assuming the name Dash is associated with terrorism. After all, Dash is similar to Daesh...
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#186The thing the pisses me of about these cases is this: "I called them again and they said they can’t provide more information." They terminate your account and then they even refuse to tell you why. A basic human thing, a chance to fix the issue, but no. Go f* yourself from Apple and that's it.
Who here has read Franz Kafka?
Is that a blog or Twitter account?
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
And having lived through that, and now lived through the walled garden/App Store experience, I'll say with confidence the old way was better.
Better for you maybe, but not better for the average user who ended up with malware infecting their systems left and right because they weren't technical enough to avoid it.
Then we should either:
a) Educate users and give them more knowledge and better tools to easily protect themselves
or
b) Have app-stores organized in such a way that user interests and legitimate security concerns are not conflated with commercial interests of the platform owners as it's currently the case. Either treat app stores as a public utility with rights and regulations or require all devices to support competing stores.
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Popescu is a very common family name in Romania, don't think this has something to do with this. The same would apply for american family names as well.
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
I get a headache every time I look at an app store. Google Play is full of crap, Apple's app store has plenty of low value apps, the Windows 10 App store sucks, etc, etc, etc. They've improved user security, but the amount of garbage to sift through is terrible.
They've improved user security, but the amount of garbage to sift through is terrible. From my POV, it's like complaining that the seat belt left a bruise after an automotive collision; IOW, missing the bigger picture. I can sort my own garbage, thanks (and that's not to say that you're not right about the quality in app stores). It's easy, and if I screw it up then I've just got a garbage binary taking up space that…
My point was more that they aren't entirely a trade off from ended up a mess of malware and abusive advertising.
That second problem remains unsolved (crap apps blasted into the stores just to show ads fit my definition of abusive advertising).
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or it could just mean that the person they talked to couldn't see any other information beyond what had already been communicated to the developer (terminated for fraudulent activity). Assuming this was human error on the part of Apple this would make sense, because there was no actual fraudulent activity and so no info would be available beyond the fact that someone flagged the account as such.
So instead of fobbing him off they should have said "sorry, on the help desk we can't see that information, I'm escalating this issue to X who will contact you with more information in Y days"
That isn't how you deal with fraudsters. You tell them nothing, complete stonewall. Anything you say about why they were flagged will assist them in not getting flagged next time, so you tell them nothing. Some non-zero percent of time you will flag the wrong person and start a social media shit storm but that's just the cost of doing business.