I thought that Apple was reviewing each and every app which was the reason that justified them getting a silly 30% margin from all app revenues?

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pants2 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Apple only banned they app because they didn't get a 30% cut of the stolen crypto

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2muchcoffeeman 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does this mean that because seatbelts and air bags exist to save my life in a crash I should be less careful driving?

Like staying warm, it’s all about layers.

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Ekaros 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I thought that Apple ecosystem had no bad apps as it prevented sideloading. I have heard that as reasoning to prevent it multiple times here on HN.

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armadyl 7 hours ago | parent [-]

"A plane crashed? See! FAA regulations are useless and the agency needs to be disbanded."

	▲	array_key_first an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The difference is nobody is saying that FAA regulations make plane crashes impossible. Many people think what apple is doing makes malware impossible. That's not the case, the app store has plenty of malware and it's trivial to get malware on the app store. The app store is trying to solve a subset of a subset of a subset of a subset of the problem, and then it doesn't even solve that. Yes, that means it sucks ass as a solution, unfortunately. Or, to be more clear: the problem space is getting scammed. Apple is only even trying to solve an extraordinarily small subsection of that problem space. You don't need an app to scam someone. And if you do have an app, it doesnt have to be outside the app store. And even if it's on the app store, it doesn't have to be malicious. Even if apple did somehow, magically, eliminate malware there would still exist perfectly legitimate apps that can be used for scamming. And that would only address a tiny part of scamming anyway, because the vast majority of scams are not done using an app.

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throwaway260415 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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2OEH8eoCRo0 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think people are less safe overall because they believe the walled garden is safe and they let their guard down.

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rafaelmn 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

hOw WOulD mY graNDparNtS AvOiD getTiNG sCAmmED iF APPLE did nOT locK dOWn evEryThinG ?

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SrslyJosh 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not "investing" in cryptocurrency would be a good start. =)

	▲	xethos an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Apple takes a proactive stance towards apps that can even be used to access adult content. That's why Tumblr had a hard time. Saying the mere ability to access adult content is very likely to get one shut down, but crypto wallets are fine, feels like a double standard

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wiseowise 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But have you thought of children? God forbid they give money to illegitimate scammers when legitimate one aren’t getting enough cash from legal gambling like loot boxes.

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throw1234567891 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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