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Scams like this are why walled gardens like the App Store exist.

Theres no way a scam app like Tik Tok Business would be able to stay on the App Store for a sustained period of time.

Even still the Dev admits himself he could have been more on guard with an Android Developer name like "Develop App".

The Google App store is a walled garden. How come this scam app operated long enough to get so many high reviews?

Play Store is much more flexible than the App Store regarding what it will allow published -- also how much attention it places on its gatekeeping activity.

It is a walled garden but the walls simply aren't as high.

It's possible they bought the reviews

You can buy reviews. Same would be possible in any other store.

And why we have adblockers - because it's an as-if-unmoderated stream of invasive and untrustworthy links.

i don't get how an adblocker would have help in this case. the victim could easily be conned into downloading this app through a marketing email or some other way. the real issue is that an app like this is even allowed on the play store at all.

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