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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by im3w1l on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @12:44PM (#23988782)
The vast majority of apps are malware. In both Apple's and Google's app stores. It's gotten to the point that apps are assumed to harvest all information they have access to, store it permanently and sell it to anyone who asks.
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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by Spivak on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:08AM (#23994580)
If you define malware so broad that every app meets your definition then the term kinda loses its punch.
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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by im3w1l on Thursday July 30, 2020 @08:34AM (#23997351)
It's the software ecosystem that has changed, not the definition. Spyware was always included. You can check the history of wikipedia article on malware if you don't believe me.
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