The Dark Side of the Mac App Store: Scam Apps and Shady Developers

Re:The Dark Side of the Mac App Store: Scam Apps and Shady D... by vimy on Sunday April 23, 2023 @02:11PM (#35678881)

What is the scam exactly? The store full of simple apps that use the OpenAI api. Nothing wrong with that so how are they scams?

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Re:The Dark Side of the Mac App Store: Scam Apps and Shady D... by 1023bytes on Sunday April 23, 2023 @03:01PM (#35679421)

Disabling the close button on the paywall seems pretty scammy

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Re:The Dark Side of the Mac App Store: Scam Apps and Shady D... by KomoD on Sunday April 23, 2023 @04:47PM (#35680439)

Did you even read the article?

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Re:The Dark Side of the Mac App Store: Scam Apps and Shady D... by vimy on Sunday April 23, 2023 @06:42PM (#35681431)

I did. Spamming apps on the app store is not the same as a scam. If the apps work as advertised I don't see the issue.

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Re:The Dark Side of the Mac App Store: Scam Apps and Shady D... by Stephen_0xFF on Monday April 24, 2023 @02:27AM (#35684296)

There’s a paywall you can’t exit. Review exploit. Ripping off the logo. By the definition of a scam those things are dishonest in the attempt to make a quick buck. You can do mental gymnastics to try to justify this, but at the end of the day you know this is pretty scammy - especially since you can use chatgpt for free.

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