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Dash developer's response to Apple's response

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Re: Dash developer's response to Apple's response

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Post by itg »

timclemans206 wrote: post #2

Always record your calls if the other side is.

The audio didn't start from the beginning so it is hard to say if they notified that they were recording, but in California, all parties must consent if one wants to record a phone call.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_recording_laws#Uni...

Re: Dash developer's response to Apple's response

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Post by nihonde »

Eh? It's very vague in the blog post, but it sounds like the developer paid for an Apple account and the device which were used to create fraudulent reviews. That last looks quite bad and makes Apple's position more understandable. Why isn't the developer explaining what happened with the dev account that they opened and funded? You can't just say "I haven't done anything wrong" under those circumstances without explaining who controls the offending account and why they might be manipulating App Store reviews.

Re: Dash developer's response to Apple's response

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Post by Mithaldu »

After listening to the first 2 minutes of the call, i can say with absolute confidence that Apple is straight-up blackmailing him.* I would love to hear opinions on whether this is something that could be taken to court.

* They did make a mistake in not verifying whether the second account activity was actually done by Kapeli, yet they want him to claim they made no mistake, otherwise they won't reinstate Dash.

Re: Dash developer's response to Apple's response

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Post by Mithaldu »

6nf wrote: post #7
sathomasga wrote: post #6

sounds like the developer got screwed by his relative, not by Apple

I doubt a relative would post literally thousands of fake reviews over the course of many months without the dev's knowledge

Read the post again. Kapeli paid for the dev fee for an account he did not make or control, and gave the person controlling that account hardware he had bought. Apple proceeded to pull a facebook and marked the two accounts as linked and treated them as being the same person. Then the person controlling said account started doing shady stuff, followed by Apple dinging them, but failing to actually follow up with Kapeli's account to see whether that one is actually and in reality controlled by the same person.

The relative was acting only on their own and likely not even aware that what they were doing could hurt Kapeli, and vice versa.

And Apple knee-jerked without questioning their assumptions.

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