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Re:Pavel Durov wants a law to make Apple allow iPhone users ... by beamatronic on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:42AM (#23845847)
Apple could do the following: When rejecting apps, still put them in the App Store, but with a Rejected label. And under Settings, add a toggle “Allow installation of Rejected apps”. Then make it so you can find them in the App Store only if this toggle is enabled, and you search by the app’s exact name. Finally, force the user to acknowledge “Yes I’m sure.... Yes I’m really REALLY sure”.
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Re:Pavel Durov wants a law to make Apple allow iPhone users ... by skinnymuch on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:55AM (#23847057)
It is too frequent that I know an app’s name that is either generic or not popular. Sometimes it takes a while to find the app. Apple hasn’t fixed search in over a decade. I can’t see them fixing it any time soon, unfortunately.
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Re:Pavel Durov wants a law to make Apple allow iPhone users ... by tempodox on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:50AM (#23845956)
> and you search by the app’s exact name.

Seeing how catastrophically bad search is on the App Store, this wouldn't work most of the time. Apple would have to make search usable first.

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