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AppStore Reviews Should Be Stricter

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Re: AppStore Reviews Should Be Stricter

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Post by cafed00d »

This post should be evangelized like gospel! We MUST make App Store rules _even_ stricter. I hadn't thought about the nefarious patterns particularly targeted towards kids apps until I read this.

Heck, after hearing about Zoom's debacle with the Facebook SDK, I feel like Apple should make it impossible for 3rd party devs to use non-Apple approved SDKs.

but sigh, I know I'm afraid this viewpoint is not shared by many in the developer world.

Re: AppStore Reviews Should Be Stricter

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Post by izacus »

cafed00d wrote: post #2

This post should be evangelized like gospel! We MUST make App Store rules _even_ stricter. I hadn't thought about the nefarious patterns particularly targeted towards kids apps until I read this. Heck, after hearing about Zoom's debacle with the Facebook SDK, I feel like Apple should make it impossible for 3rd party devs to use non-Apple approved SDKs. but sigh, I know I'm afraid this viewpoint is not shared by many…

Why won't anyone think of the children and just ban every single thing that might make their parents work!

Re: AppStore Reviews Should Be Stricter

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Post by snazz »

I support most of the requirements listed in this article, in addition to removing the 30% cut. I do not support third-party app stores on iOS because I believe that the benefits of increased consumer choice in that regard do not outweigh the concerns of allowing larger companies with significant app ecosystems (or governments) to make their own app stores with different, potentially user-hostile or privacy-compromising apps.

Re: AppStore Reviews Should Be Stricter

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Post by kartayyar »

90% of this could be summarized as freemium has made software worse.

But I don't think I like any solutions which involves giving Apple more power to disintermediate developers from users even more.

I consider limiting the kinds of apps that developers can build a free speech issue.

I think making an "Editors Choice Lite" label would help. I.e. that apps can sign up for an optional extra level of vetting to indicate they are free of some of the monetization dark patterns listed in this post.

Re: AppStore Reviews Should Be Stricter

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Post by nrmitchi »

cafed00d wrote: post #2

This post should be evangelized like gospel! We MUST make App Store rules _even_ stricter. I hadn't thought about the nefarious patterns particularly targeted towards kids apps until I read this. Heck, after hearing about Zoom's debacle with the Facebook SDK, I feel like Apple should make it impossible for 3rd party devs to use non-Apple approved SDKs. but sigh, I know I'm afraid this viewpoint is not shared by many…

I don't think many people are against prohibiting and/or restricting the use of dark patterns, and trying to push back on absolutely horrific user experiences. I don't think anyone is arguing that apps should be able to target and trick children into spending money, especially with the current "The walled-garden is to ensure everything is safe" argument.

There is a difference between "Your app doesn't exactly follow our branding rules and you have a link that goes to a non-app web page", and "Your app is specifically designed to trick people into spending money and to spy on children".

Re: AppStore Reviews Should Be Stricter

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Post by gowld »

snazz wrote: post #5

I support most of the requirements listed in this article, in addition to removing the 30% cut. I do not support third-party app stores on iOS because I believe that the benefits of increased consumer choice in that regard do not outweigh the concerns of allowing larger companies with significant app ecosystems (or governments) to make their own app stores with different, potentially user-hostile or privacy-compromis…

Definitely user-hostile app stores are better than potentially user-hostile?
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