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So much for Apple "security"
Security isn't binary and it should be compared relative to other platforms.
> does a scam app become the #1 organic search result (not promoted) in the app store It's possible that it's just because it was literally called "Bitcoin Wallet", an exact match for your search, or boosted by fake reviews, or it was actually an ad that you didn't notice. Though it shouldn't have gotten past review at all But I don't really understand why you'd blindly trust some random app? Also, would be interesti…
You're right, I shouldn't trust a random app. Also, it's pretty much my first serious foray into Apple land. I trusted Apple's search results. There are multiple apps, far more mature and backed by serious developers, that would also match the phrase "Bitcoin Wallet". The question is why is the scam app the #1 organic search result? For a new app with such scammy reviews and questionable metadata I would expect it to…
The real answer is that this has been happening for years. You can pay companies to pump up your app to the top of App Store search results or "app categories" lists, and they'll have farms of iPhones/Androids downloading apps to pump up their rank, and giving them 5 star reviews.
There have also been repeated problems with copycat apps that impersonate real indie apps (and sometimes end up earning more than the real app), which should have been a warning sign of the problems of App Review. Google "app store copycat" and you'll see.
I don't think I've ever searched for something on the app store and not got a scam as the first result just tried it - my bank? I get crypto.com - train company app? knockoff app that charges extra fees - my broker? CFD gambling app - official government app for paying my tax? intuit product I dare to think how many people this lures in scammy ads plastered everywhere is what I'd expect from Google products not for t…
TFA is talking about a literal scam, where his money vanished. > - my bank? I get crypto.com Although crypto.com is not a bank, they seem like a legit business and not a scam. Many people are using crypto.com: I know one person who has one such card and I asked a waiter if he had already seen cards like that (waiters gets to see many credit/debit cards a day) and he answered me that they weren't that uncommon. > - of…
To be fair many crypto wallet apps are deceptively simple applications.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
How am I supposed to prove I didn't seek the app out? What level of proof do you expect? Do you expect me to create a brand new apple account, replace the one in my phone (which might require wiping it?), and then search again, just to satisfy your default assumption that my claim is false? When I first installed the app it was the first search result. I can't go back in time and prove it because I'm not paranoid and…
You corroborate with others independently before posting.
Oh, wait
I don't think I've ever searched for something on the app store and not got a scam as the first result just tried it - my bank? I get crypto.com - train company app? knockoff app that charges extra fees - my broker? CFD gambling app - official government app for paying my tax? intuit product I dare to think how many people this lures in scammy ads plastered everywhere is what I'd expect from Google products not for t…
I don't think 'gambling app' is a fair description given it's a regulated security, any broker that truly offers CFD trading is (1) going to be legit; (2) going to be competing with the broker you were searching for for result space.
Of course to serve its users any app store should massively prioritise the word/brand (incl. typos) you actually search for though.
So many of them are blatantly scams that it's not credibly "human error".
I don't think I've ever searched for something on the app store and not got a scam as the first result just tried it - my bank? I get crypto.com - train company app? knockoff app that charges extra fees - my broker? CFD gambling app - official government app for paying my tax? intuit product I dare to think how many people this lures in scammy ads plastered everywhere is what I'd expect from Google products not for t…
> I don't think I've ever searched for something on the app store and not got a scam as the first result It’s cool to crap on Apple and all these days but this is all categorically false. What you are referring to is the Ad on the top of the page. It’s clearly labeled as ad and has a light blue box around the whole ad. I tried all those things you mentioned and the first result after the clearly labeled ad is what I…
I don't think I've ever searched for something on the app store and not got a scam as the first result just tried it - my bank? I get crypto.com - train company app? knockoff app that charges extra fees - my broker? CFD gambling app - official government app for paying my tax? intuit product I dare to think how many people this lures in scammy ads plastered everywhere is what I'd expect from Google products not for t…
> my broker? CFD gambling app I don't think 'gambling app' is a fair description given it's a regulated security, any broker that truly offers CFD trading is (1) going to be legit; (2) going to be competing with the broker you were searching for for result space. Of course to serve its users any app store should massively prioritise the word/brand (incl. typos) you actually search for though.
Apple statement on why the EU requiring open app stores is bad: Schiller, an Apple veteran who once ran its marketing machine, said the moves to break the company’s closed ecosystem for software will undermine the privacy and security the company has worked to build into its products and services. “This isn’t our first choice,” he said. “We always want to have the highest standard everywhere in the world but we also…
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