Furthermore, it’s being promoted in the “Top Charts” while the “App Privacy” card says they only collect email addresses.
Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
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Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#2Rules are made up, and only apply to regular people.
Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#3As long as Apple collects their cut of popular apps through in app purchases,
They don't care, and nobody cares.
But they should.
Tea will just update the app / force update the app to fix these issues.
Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#4As long as Apple collects their cut of popular apps through in app purchases, They don't care, and nobody cares. But they should. Tea will just update the app / force update the app to fix these issues.
They didn't even instrument the apps during review for the longest time. I think they recently started using an HTTP proxy to watch the connections they make.
People put way more trust in the review process and app store gate keeping than it deserves.
Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#5Because Apple's stance on protecting users only covers cases supporting the App Store walled garden or such that make you buy a new phone. If anything, it's good to keep it on the store - so many people are searching for it, seeing and clicking ads.
Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#6Rules are made up, and only apply to regular people.
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Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#7I see many breaches and people still use the products. Even tech stuff: people knowingly using tech/dev products of people who are either sloppy, plain incompetent or both. I don't get it but here we are.
Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#8Tbh this is possible only in software. No matter what you do - epic incompetence, leak user data, doxx users, basically allow their identities to be stolen etc - zero consequences.
Kinda crazy. In any other industry they would not even allow you in the door without showing some king of understanding what you do.
You can't even sell hotdogs without food license. But in software - wild west.
Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#9Privacy is a fundamental human right.*
*Unless your app has an IAP and is wildly popular, then we don’t mind
Re: Ask HN: Why is "Tea" still on the App Store after so many data breaches?
#10I see many breaches and people still use the products. Even tech stuff: people knowingly using tech/dev products of people who are either sloppy, plain incompetent or both. I don't get it but here we are.
In the 80s and 90s I was positive that customers would revolt over the constant security issues and generally poor quality of Microsoft software. I don’t need to tell you that it did not happen.