Apple is continuing to fail to catch scammy programs-this time on the Mac. Kosta Eleftheriou is known for spotting severe scams that get past Apple’s review process. He has once again brought attention to the new crop of dodgy programs being marketed through the App Store. This time, they’re on the Mac, and they’re employing pop-ups that make it nearly impossible to exit. An app without agreeing to high subscription fees — all without Apple’s knowledge. Despite the company’s claim that its App Review process protects devices and users secure.
The program locks up and won’t allow you to stop using keyboard shortcuts. The menu bar until you agree to a $9.99-a-month contract, according to Vacchi, Coupled with growing, and user reviews. “It appears that this developer has played with numerous strategies over the years,” Eleftheriou told The Verge, referring us to several other apps. With identical behavior that is still in the store — we’ll get to those in a minute.
My Metronome was basically taken off the store when Issues currently tweeted about it. When I try to open the link, I get a warning indicating it is no longer available in my area. (Though to be clear, you shouldn’t try to download it or any of the other apps we’ll be discussing.) Apple did not answer The Verge’s request for comment on whether it was the company that removed the app. Or how it got through App Review in the first place.
The story does not finish there.
However, The firm that created the tempo software. Music Paradise, LLC, has a link to another App Store developer, Groove Vibes, as developer Jeff Johnson uncovered.
We decided to put these programs to the test ourselves. So we went to the Mac Software Store and downloaded Music Paradise’s second app, as well as Groove Vibes’ whole Mac app library. All of them featured a pop-up asking for money in the form of a recurring subscription (typically around $10 per month, give or take a few dollars). Three of Groove Vibes’ apps were active, and you could exit them using the menu bar or Command+Q.
However, along with Music Paradise Player, two of the developer’s apps have greyed out the quit option on the menu bar. Won’t let you touch the regular red close button. Keyboard shortcuts were also useless; they remained open even while I was spam.
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