Daring Fireball: In-App Purchase Scams in the App Store

10 Jun 2017 • daringfireball.net

Apple needs to remove these apps from the App Store, and prevent such apps from getting into the store in the first place. They should reconsider the effects of allowing developers to buy their way to the top spot in search results. And they should police the top-grossing lists for apps that are pulling scams — the most important scams to catch are the successful ones.

Lastly, every single dollar these apps have generated should be refunded to the victims of these scams.

Yes, yes, yes. This needs as much press as it can get. It’s ridiculous that these things aren’t being immediately shutdown by Apple. This ought to be at least one person’s full-time job.