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Here is a thorough analysis by Alex Kleber - https://privacyis1st.medium.com/the-dark-side-of-the-mac-app...

Yes, there are multiple scam apps

I read the article, basically there are multiple duplicate apps that do the same thing but with slightly different UI from the same developer. These apps implement UX that violates Apple’s design guidelines. Surprisingly, the reviews are not fake just users are often asked to review the app. I fail to see the scam portion of it? The app seems to deliver what it promised using the GPT API.

These apps do "a bit" more than violate Apple's design guidelines.

For example, one of the apps from the article claims to use 'GPT-4' and they actually do call the OpenAI API, but use the GPT-3.5 model.

Another app that also claims to use GPT-4, actually uses a different (self-hosted?) LLM.

In my opinion, this is a scam - a fraudulent attempt to make a quick profit.

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