2/18/2023 0 Comments Scrutiny for macIn announcing the new Mac App Store, Apple also bragged about launch partners from both ends of the spectrum. Surveys show developers don’t look kindly on it, and those who have removed their apps from the desktop app portal don’t see a significant dip in income. We know developers don’t feel they need the Mac App Store. Such reviews cause lots of shady apps to be highly ranked and thus downloaded by many unsuspecting Mac users □□ We know fake reviews alone can (and will) get you banned from Apple’s ecosystem.įake reviews are also a well known issue in the official Apple Mac App Store □ It was an extremely profitable app with a ton of glowing reviews, which should have at least raised eyebrows at Apple. The app currently costs $4.99, is validly signed by Apple, and its listing on the Mac App Store is accompanied a majority of lavishly positive five-star reviews. The app is currently listed on Apple’s Mac App Store as the company’s fourth-highest “Top Paid” software programs, behind Final Cut Pro, Magnet and Logic Pro X. As Threatpost notes, Adware Doctor raised red flags for the careful observer: The issue isn’t an app sneaking past the review process – it’s the process itself. Those apps were yanked from the Mac App Store. In addition, the developers’ apps were also peeking into the data on other Mac apps. Developer account ‘Trend Micro, Inc.’ was found to be performing the same browser-history-sniping tasks with its own apps. Following widespread reports of this nefarious activity, Apple removed the app. The fourth-most-popular paid app, Adware Doctor, was discovered to have been swiping users’ browser histories across Chrome, Safari, and Firefox – and then sending the data to a Chinese server. ![]() This redesign, which echoes the iOS App Store, is positioned more as a dynamic marketplace for software than “just” a repository for apps.īut just as this changeover is taking place, Apple is in a pickle. Activity on the Mac App Store is raising eyebrows at exactly the wrong time.Īs Apple prepares to launch macOS Mojave this Fall, it’s also prepping a new Mac App Store.
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