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Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by Aeolun »

stouset wrote: post #71
sealeck wrote: post #18

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> In that scenario, Apple should have been more specific in their communications. Often AML policy prohibits this because it could be constituted as tipping off the offender.

As someone with a long time in fintech, if your account is closed without explanation and nobody will talk to you, this is with almost 100% certainty the answer. It sucks because people who have been clearly committing fraud then plaster you with negative reviews and sob stories but casually fail to mention it was their own egregiously fraudulent activity that caused their account to be shut down. And it also sucks b…

I do not think this should be a thing.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by Aeolun »

adastra22 wrote: post #386
burnte wrote: post #182

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By who? If it's by internal rules, they are not constrained, they choose not to share info.

You're not allowed to tell users that an account has been flagged for criminal use, as this tips off the user and makes you an accomplice.

Then just let the account run? Anyone actually using their account for criminal purposes is not going to be surprised their account is blocked, and will have a very good idea of why it happened.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by adastra22 »

Aeolun wrote: post #402
adastra22 wrote: post #386

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You're not allowed to tell users that an account has been flagged for criminal use, as this tips off the user and makes you an accomplice.

Then just let the account run? Anyone actually using their account for criminal purposes is not going to be surprised their account is blocked, and will have a very good idea of why it happened.

If you suspect criminal operation you have to shut it down. What you tell the customer is up to you, but if you're right and you tipped them off then you could get prosecuted as well.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by Aeolun »

madeofpalk wrote: post #28
mortallywounded wrote: post #4

Something feels off... those apps don't seem like 33K/MRR worthy. I suspect some kind of manipulation was being done to... help?

I've never seen these apps before. I have no idea who this company is. But these icons, names, and type of apps I typically associate with trash behaviour I wish was removed from the app store. Like a Video Joiner Pro that lets you concat two videos, has a 1 week free trial and then $20/month subscription. Edit: Ahh yup, that's exactly what this is > A simple and convenient collage maker will help you make cool video…

> $3.99/week subscription is deliberately predatory. It tries to bait people in thinking "oh it's just $3.99", and then forgetting and now paying $17/month for a photo collage app.

How is that predatory? It makes perfect sense to me and I’d probably do it myself if I ever were to sell an app this way. If someone just installs my app once, to make a single video, then immediately cancels, I still want to make some money off that.

That’s probably how 90% of these apps are used.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by Aeolun »

cfpg wrote: post #316
madeofpalk wrote: post #28

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I've never seen these apps before. I have no idea who this company is. But these icons, names, and type of apps I typically associate with trash behaviour I wish was removed from the app store. Like a Video Joiner Pro that lets you concat two videos, has a 1 week free trial and then $20/month subscription. Edit: Ahh yup, that's exactly what this is > A simple and convenient collage maker will help you make cool video…

I agree, even the author aludes to this when refering to trials and how to cancel them. (text in parenthesis added by me) > One day before removal, we had 1209 active trials. (money in our pockets) > [...] established a help center with articles on canceling trials (cause we have a UI team dedicated on making it complicated)

Cancelling anything on an Apple device cannot possibly be complicated. It’s a single screen in settings, and there’s nothing app developers can do to mess with that.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by Aeolun »

slezyr wrote: post #81
the_af wrote: post #70

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> Russian guy saying that he is in Chile in the first sentence? Absolutely nothing suspicious. Being Russian doesn't make you suspicious of anything. There are lots of young Russian people coming to Latin America recently, presumably (if I had to guess) to escape the war. Source: seen this with my own eyes.

It is strange to mention that he is in Chile and not mention that he is a Russian citizen, and the apps come from a Russian company that was recently re-registered(??? or not) somewhere else. It could be sanctions, and it is not related to reviews at all.

I mean, Viktor doesn’t sound very Chilean to me.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by type0 »

coredog64 wrote: post #236
wongarsu wrote: post #203

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Android removed the big technical measures that gave Google's Play Store a competitive advantage over alternatives, in no small part because of EU pressure. And while the Play Store is by far the biggest player in town, Amazon's Appstore, Huawei's AppGallery and F-Droid are all notable alternatives. Meanwhile on iOS the best we seem to get is the EU Digital Markets Act setting some rules for fairness on the big marke…

Google pressures device OEMS into joining the OHA, after which they can't create AOSP devices. Allegedly, Amazon is giving up on Android for their own hardware.

> Allegedly, Amazon is giving up on Android for their own hardware.

Ah, that was news to me, so Amazon Vega is predicted to be some sort of immutable OS with web apps. It seems they are thinking of starting some Chrome OS resembling thing. iOS also intended to only have Web apps and look where we are now. I don't have high hopes for OS developed for Fire devices, it will be soaked in DRM and filled with ads.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by Aeolun »

mm263 wrote: post #101
slezyr wrote: post #43

Russian guy saying that he is in Chile in the first sentence? Absolutely nothing suspicious. https://companies.rbc.ru/id/1215600010141-obschestvo-s-ogran... It is even a Russian company. It was registered a bit before the war started and liquidated not so long ago.

The company is liquidated, which means he doesn't do business in Russia. Also, I love living in the world where doing business is suspicious because of my nationality.

It was really weird to see someone ask me to implement fraud detection logic, think “This is gonna be hard” and then hear: “If postal code is x, it’s fraud, if not, let em through”. Wut?

We had far more complicated fraud detection algorithms at the startup than at the fortune 500.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by type0 »

judge2020 wrote: post #98
echelon wrote: post #80

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> I guess the App Store fraud prevention team hasn’t necessarily found a good solution yet. The most essential device of the century is owned by two companies. The ability for them to completely control software and business activities on top of something that is almost as essential as public transportation is appalling. The DOJ needs to remove the "app store" racket for essential computing devices. Software needs to…

One of the main draws of iOS is its resistance to malware, adware, and outright scam apps. Requiring third party app stores disproportionately harms those that purchased the device specifically for these purposes (such as people at higher risks of being targeted by nation state actors). And this isn’t something that can be addressed with a new uber-secure product just for these people, because the EU will deem it a g…

This is just typical FUD Apple spreads to undermine sideloading and open source apps that don't have monetary incentives

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by Aeolun »

ponector wrote: post #335
nlitened wrote: post #313

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Right, not the billions paid for Russian oil and gas by western countries.

Do you think that your fact will negate mine? And yes, sanctions are half baked and poorly enforced. "West" continues trading with Russia.

Not particularly, but it probably does make yours irrelevant.

Russians overseas send a grand total of $5M back to the country every month.

Europe purchases a few million tons of oil, $5B/year.

Numbers made up, and just for illustrative purposes.

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