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Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following Amazon request

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Re: Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following Amazon request

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Post by throwawayboise »

I'm just done with Amazon. Haven't bought anything from them in at least a year. Between the counterfeits and their unwillingness to address that problem or the fake reviews, they are just not trustworthy.

Had they moved quickly and decisively I probably would have given them another chance.

Re: Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following Amazon request

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Post by Terretta »

mhh__ wrote: post #47
emsy wrote: post #21

These days it seems Apple is begging to be regulated. So much stuff where they either let through scams or boot off legitimate apps on a whim. If anyone followed the news in the EU, Vestager is openly discussing to do so. They should rather make a halfhearted step themselves to open up their platform or they will be forced to do a full step themselves. That's my prediction, as states start to realize the abusive prac…

I feel notably unfree on an Apple product, which amazes me because my reference is Google products. The thing which struck me was when I tried to watch a film I've had on my PC hard drive for what must be 5 years now, but Apple won't let VLC ship the codec.

Is the codec and container available in MrMC or Infuse?

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/infuse-7/id1136220934

Video: 3GP AVI ASF BDMV DIVX DVDMEDIA DVR-MS FLV ISO/IMG M2TS M4V MKV MOV MP4 MPEG MTS MXF OGM OGV TS VIDEO_TS WEBM WMV WTV

I’d be curious what it is, if not. VLC is missing codecs on Windows store too:

https://itigic.com/normal-vlc-vs-microsoft-store-vlc-differe...

Re: Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following Amazon request

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Post by underseacables »

strogonoff wrote: post #28
xenocratus wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used it for a while until it got me wondering - what, exactly, is their business model? And why do I trust their judgement on how reliable reviews are? This is not to say that Amazon reviews are generally good, just saying that Fakespot might have an incentive to... tune their reviews of reviews :) so where's the Fakespot of Fakespot?

Considering FS is free and they are hiring, they must have some sort of monetization roadmap. My bet is either they become paid, they do paid whitelisting, or they provide some sort of sales intelligence to sellers. The first option is the best case scenario. In the latter cases, akin to Facebook, the actual customer would be sellers, charged based on the number of active users FS promises. ReviewMeta, on the other h…

Could be similar to AdBlock

Re: Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following Amazon request

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Post by gunapologist99 »

underseacables wrote: post #3

This is so depressing. Fakespot is an amazing app, I never buy anything off of Amazon without using it. Actions like this caused me to trust Amazon significantly less.

> Actions like this caused me to trust Amazon significantly less.

Not Apple also?

Re: Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following Amazon request

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Post by kmeisthax »

d3nj4l wrote: post #15

The third-party API rule is the most baffling in all of Apple’s App Store regulations. It’s ridiculous that you can’t make and monetise alternative clients to popular services, as if the first party client is always going to be the best.

Related note: Apple is adding WebExtensions to iOS 15 (and iPadOS 15). Given that many extensions exist specifically to do exactly what this rule prohibits, I can imagine Apple's going to see a lot of user and developer protests as more and more extensions are brought over.
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