The LastPass claims.
> if there's nothing wrong with the app?
I didn't say there's nothing wrong with the app.
> It's unclear why it even matters who exactly removed the app from the App Store
Then I wonder why you are insisting it was Apple.
As I already said, "somehow magically every single time a scam app makes the news media, the app disappears from the App Store." Also, self-removal "prevents any sales, which is the point of selling in the App Store."
> I didn't say there's nothing wrong with the app.
Then I wonder why you are insisting it wasn't Apple.
It appears your view is that it's "unsubstantiated" unless Apple comments, but as I already said, Apple never comments about this, so apparently there's never any substantiation according to you, and it's just a giant coincidence that every single time a scam app makes the news media, the app disappears quickly from the store, even when the app's developer may be asleep due to living on the other side of the Earth.
It's a very convenient way of sticking your head in the sand and refusing to make the most logical inference.
Even if true, that doesn't mean removal was by Apple rather than dev.
> self-removal "prevents any sales, which is the point of selling in the App Store."
Ditto. Self-removal reduces further rep damage that cold impact other sales inc. of a future remedied version.
>> I didn't say there's nothing wrong with the app.
>Then I wonder why you are insisting it wasn't Apple.
I am not. I am insisting we don't know.
> It appears your view is that it's "unsubstantiated" unless Apple comments
No. You've shown no substantiation from /any/ source. Just supposition.
> but as I already said, Apple never comments about this, so apparently there's never any substantiation according to you,
Wrong. Often devs announce removal by Apple.
> a very convenient way of sticking your head in the sand and refusing to make the most logical inference.
Inference requires evidence. None has yet been shown.
I agree with the Techdirt article that you misrepped as saying removal was by Apple. "whether by Apple or the fake app’s developer is yet unclear".
I eagerly await the return of the app.
That's the thing: these scam removals never return. New scams arise, but the specific removed apps don't.
You speak of evidence, so show me even one example of a publicized scam app that was removed (by "someone") and then returned triumphantly.
> Wrong. Often devs announce removal by Apple.
Wrong. Legitimate developers announce removal by Apple. Scam developers never announce removal by Apple. In fact, scam developers are almost always anonymous, so where would you even find their announcements? Go ahead and find the announcements of "Parvati Patel". I'll wait here.
> Inference requires evidence. None has yet been shown.
Wrong. We have plenty of evidence. You're requiring a very specific piece of evidence, an official announcement from someone, but that's never going to occur. It's weird to even call it "inference" when your evidence for X is simply someone asserting X. (Moreover, theoretically, either Apple or the developer could be lying, so where's your evidence that they're not?)
This dev is not. His name is on the app.
> We have plenty of evidence.
None shown. The only evidence you presented was the TechDirt article which transpired to be a misrep by you.
> You're requiring a very specific piece of evidence, an official announcement from someone
I am not requiring anything. I"m happy to accept the lack of evidence for your claim Apple removed the app.
> Moreover, theoretically, either Apple or the developer could be lying, so where's your evidence that they're not?
Since no-one has shown either has identified the removal, we need no evidence to show either one lied about it.
“UPDATE 2/9: Apple has removed the "LassPass" app from its App Store and also pulled the app's developer from its developer program, the company confirms to PCMag. Apple says it has also received a trademark dispute against the now-removed app.“
I guess you can stop the logorrhea now… Although the true lesson I hope you take away from this is that you could have stopped the logorrhea at any time if you applied just a little deductive reasoning and common sense.