2024-02-13 21:57:48
A Apple removed from App Store an application that supposedly served as a vision test but, in fact, hid a catalog full of pirated films and series. Denominated Whomthe software had been in the store for around five months and was only removed following being subject to a today’s publication on The Verge.
Basically, only the name, promotional images and description in the App Store related the app to its apparent functionality. Even in the comments, many users shamelessly stated that they had downloaded it to watch movies, “basically like Netflix” allows, but “for free”.
When opening the application, there was no attempt to hide the real purpose or any method to unlock the copyrighted content available on the platform. They were simply there, on the home screen, which had an interface very similar to that of conventional streaming apps.
Allowing you to search, use filters to better find the desired content and even download it to watch offline, the app probably made it available through torrent transmissions — which would make it extremely similar to the classic Popcorn Time, highly associated with piracy.
In any case, it is curious that the App Store review team, proudly made up of humans, was unable to identify something so glaring in relation to an application published on the platform — neither in relation to the app itself nor in the comments on the platform. your store page.
Security and protection once morest violations of App Store guidelines are arguments often used by the company to justify the walled garden of its app store, so it’s still curious when we see this kind of thing happening.
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