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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by zerd on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:10PM (#27243023)
Apple also makes a 30% cut of every scam app, so they're not in a hurry to shut them down.
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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by shagie on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:50PM (#27243255)
On one hand we've got people saying "apple is too much of a nanny - I want app stores from anyone."

On the other hand, here, we have "apple isn't nanny enough because there's a financial incentive for them."

To what extent are we expecting Apple to audit the terms of subscriptions? And if someone wants to pay $10 a week to get a horoscope reading... ok... they did it with 1-900 numbers yesteryear.

And... apple is doing things about IAP subscriptions from scammy apps. https://www.imore.com/apple-getting-tough-scam-apps-extortio...

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