Apple urged to root out rating scams as developer highlights enforcement failure
I expect Apple will take this very seriously.<p>The problem strikes at the core of the value of the their app store. Good, real apps should have good ratings and preferred placement. Bad&#x2F;fake&#x2F;scammy apps should not.<p>But this is a tough problem to get right.<p>If your criteria for &quot;bad&quot; are too broad you will catch legitimate apps, harming legit developers and their users.<p>Yet, if your criteria leave even a little room scammers can find and exploit it.<p>The scammer&#x27;s job is to find any and all loopholes to exploit. They will find a small crack and drive a tank through it. The legit app developer&#x27;s job is to make good apps. They can inadvertently stumble over even simple restrictions, at times.<p>Take this tricky dynamic and tackle it at scale, and it becomes an order of magnitude more difficult.<p>I kinda wonder if they shouldn&#x27;t charge, say $100 to list an app on the App Store and $50-$100 per update too. It&#x27;s going to cut down on scam apps and pay for enforcement. Sadly it would cut down on legit apps too. But it might be worth it overall.