App Store review is broken in a time where it is needed the most
Apple doesn't even seem to be trying with App Store Review. Users should not be the ones who find problem apps, but over and over, that is what is happening. The App Store could soon feature Ai-generated summaries of application reviews. No question, Apple has the resources to protect us from bad apps, and, no question, it keeps telling regulators that it has. As regulators around the world press for third-party firms to run iPhone App Stores, Apple consistently protests that only it can do a good job of keeping bad apps at bay. It is absolutely true that if, or when, the door is open to rival App Stores, there will be a flood of apps that set out to defraud users. But if you're going to hold up the App Store Review process as the last thin line of defense, you have to make it work and Apple is repeatedly failing. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Apple doesn't even seem to be trying with App Store Review. Users should not be the ones who find problem apps, but over and over, that is what is happening. The App Store could soon feature Ai-generated summaries of application reviews. No question, Apple has the resources to protect us from bad apps, and, no question, it keeps telling regulators that it has. As regulators around the world press for third-party firms to run iPhone App Stores, Apple consistently protests that only it can do a good job of keeping bad apps at bay. It is absolutely true that if, or when, the door is open to rival App Stores, there will be a flood of apps that set out to defraud users. But if you're going to hold up the App Store Review process as the last thin line of defense, you have to make it work and Apple is repeatedly failing. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Apple doesn't even seem to be trying with App Store Review.
Users should not be the ones who find problem apps, but over and over, that is what is happening.
The App Store could soon feature Ai-generated summaries of application reviews.
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