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Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by slezyr »

the_af wrote: post #70
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.

> 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.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by nmilo »

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.

This is literally just racism.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by irrational »

Manuel_D wrote: post #56
stickfigure wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can moderate reviews of your app in the App Store?? How does that work?

you cant, "It's apple punishing you for their own failure..."

That sounds like the modus operandi of so many companies.

Google can’t figure out how to make money without ads, so they punish people (blocking ad blockers on chrome and not allowing access to YouTube if using an ad blocker) because of their own failure.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by belltaco »

kojeovo wrote: post #68

Not that I am arguing in favor for how things currently work re Apple's ecosystem, but from a quick look it seems like these apps bait you into paying and the developer is just completely ignoring that part. I think that's what Apple is not fond of.

If that's the case, Apple should refund or pay out the $108K before closing the account with that explanation.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by coldtea »

nottheengineer wrote: post #47
selectodude wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$100k is literally meaningless to Apple.

If any amount of money was meaningless to apple, they wouldn't be where they are today.

That's not how money or business works. Opportunity costs means that many "amounts of money" can be meaningless to the business depending on the activity to get to them, the negatives (from processing hasles like lawsuits to PR and brand image), their overall strategy and focus, and other such concerns.

A company at Apple's level absolutely doesn't see "frozing $100K" from random devs (or the amount that would result in aggregate from all those freezings) as a profit center.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by nullindividual »

api wrote: post #59
tsunamifury wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you’ve ever been in the App Store for any length of time you’ll see how lazily retributive Apple is. It’s not a company I’d ever do business with.

Is Play Store or Steam any better? All these stores are basically little monopolies with zero incentive to not suck. They also suck from a user point of view. Search is terrible, they’re full of shovelware, etc.

Steam will moderate or at least put a notice when a game is being review bombed for things unrelated to the game itself, such as a controversy with the developer.

https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-takes-steps-against-steam-revi...

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by crazygringo »

SeanLuke wrote: post #30
tmaly wrote: post #12

You are burying the lead in your story. You should put that right at the top.

Lede. Yes, it's an unusual word.

> "Both “bury the lede” and “bury the lead” are acceptable spellings of this phrase... Whether to use “lede” or “lead” depends on your audience and context. If you’re writing for a news publication or using the term in a journalistic context, “lede” is the preferred spelling. However, if you’re writing for a general audience or not referring specifically to journalism, either spelling is acceptable."

https://proofed.com/writing-tips/idiom-tips-bury-the-lede-or...

See also:

> "The spelling lede is an alteration of lead, a word which, on its own, makes sense; after all, isn't the main information in a story found in the lead (first) paragraph? And sure enough, for many years lead was the preferred spelling for the introductory section of a news story. So how did we come to spell it lede? Although evidence dates the spelling to the 1970s, we didn't enter lede in our dictionaries until 2008."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bury-the-lede-versu...

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by margalabargala »

api wrote: post #59
tsunamifury wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you’ve ever been in the App Store for any length of time you’ll see how lazily retributive Apple is. It’s not a company I’d ever do business with.

Is Play Store or Steam any better? All these stores are basically little monopolies with zero incentive to not suck. They also suck from a user point of view. Search is terrible, they’re full of shovelware, etc.

Steam has been, and for now continues to be, much better.

IMO this is directly due to Gabe Newell's leadership. Taking an attitude of "piracy is a service problem", and proceeding to offer such a good service that it's preferable to pirating, results in a great service for everyone involved.

Whether this will outlast GabeN's tenure as CEO remains to be seen, but for now my understanding is that both users and developers are overwhelmingly happy with Steam.

Re: Developer account removed by Apple

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Post by kalleboo »

absqueued wrote: post #27

Reading a few reviews on the playstore of this apps - instantly tells me that something is off. Asking for review after 20 second of app installation? Also most 5 star reveiw looks fake.

We hired an "app revenue optimization" guy for an hour consultation just to see if we missed something obvious. One thing he suggested was to ask for a review instantly after the paywall. Apparently if you do that, most people will give a 5 star review. We haven't done it since it seems... weird? scammy? but apparently it's a thing that works for maximizing ranking (since reviews are a big influence)
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