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coldtea
"But still way less than Android and/or the open web" - though this wouldn't make for such an interesting headline...
viraptor
> and/or the open web

The open web does not have the expectation of moderation. Apple's store does, and they're still failing even if they're not as bad as a mostly unchecked place.

The news is not that scam apps exist. It's that they're blatantly obvious in both search abuse and other aspects and they're not removed.

nr2x
Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t take a cut of web sales or decide what web pages people can see.
coldtea
No, but Google does, and Google, Facebook (plus 2-4 other companies) are 90% of the web people use...

(Literally, in some countries people don't know "the internet", they know "Facebook").

alex331
It's been a week since this issue became so highlighted. And a week since Apple still hasn't said a single thing. This is sad.
boris9999
How to remove a competitor on the app store:

- pay $20 to buy them fake reviews without their knowledge

- complain that they are scammers and have fake reviews

Ironically the guy in the article complains that his competitor is a scammer but I went to check his own app reviews:

- Jan 18 '...very deceptive'

- Jan 16 'scam!'

- Jan 14 'cheated I want a refund of my money...'

- Jan 14 'They change for the app to download then charge 3.99 to unlock features. Terrible'

- Jan 12 'Horrible i payed to get the app just for me to pay $4 dollars more to unlock the feature of using the keyboard'

I guess his app is another example of the scam apps he complains about?

Mc_Big_G
Makes you wonder if there is an entire team at Apple responsible for uncovering fraud and how this kind of thing is getting through.