Re:Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams
by toddmorey on Friday November 07, 2025 @01:48PM
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The Apple App Store is full of scam apps. It’s all the disadvantages of a walled garden with none of the supposed advantages for users. In that way, the App Store itself is a scam.
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Re:Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams
by EduardoBautista on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:11PM
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I haven't encountered any to be honest. Can you link to one as an example?
Re:Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams
by ben_w on Saturday November 08, 2025 @09:57AM
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IMO, Duolingo. Makes claims about language learning that I found to substantially exceed what was delivered.
Re:Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams
by datavirtue on Friday November 07, 2025 @05:39PM
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Well said
Re:Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams
by ben_w on Saturday November 08, 2025 @10:03AM
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Apple's Store is "Swiss cheese" security: full of holes, but still more cheese than hole.
It has some of the disadvantages, some of the advantages. It's not (and never was) perfect.
That said, at this point I am a disillusioned app developer: I no longer believe that the creation of an app is a good business idea in most cases.