Without a little precaution, Brother Ji's 8-day National Day holiday passed like this.
The passion faded, and what came us was three "Mondays" coming together.
It really fulfills the saying: the essence of life is to return to plainness.
But Brother Ji saw it...
Recently, Brother Guozi's life has not been dull at all.
It is now less than a month before the official release of the iPhone 15 series and iOS 17.
But various intractable problems about new machines and systems have been circulated all over the Internet.
For example, statistics say that after the official release of iOS 17, the user installation rate is only 18%.
It seems that everyone's desire to upgrade is not very big?
The iPhone 15 series has obvious heat, and has not been complained about by users recently.
In the end, Apple personally confirmed that this was true...
The official also quickly pushed a new version of the firmware.
Specifically fix the iPhone 15 series, "running temperature is higher than expected" issue.
There are also some miscellaneous small problems, so Brother Ji will not take stock one by one.
The number of users is large, and indeed there will be more online feedback.
So a lot of problems, the machine brother can not use, the iPhone 15 Pro Max in hand is not Hainan duty-free top version, reproduced.
But there is another obvious problem that everyone can see and touch.
Brother Ji doesn't sell off.
That is, today's hot search on Weibo:
Yellow software appeared on Apple's App Store.
App Store "stolen" again
Some of the aircraft friends may be very confused.
"No way, isn't Apple's App Store notoriously censored?"
Indeed, compared to the dance of the Android ecosystem.
Guozige's own App Store is undoubtedly much more worry-free for ordinary users.
On the official website of the App Store, there is also a special copywriting introduction to highlight the safety and reliability of the app store.
"No need to worry about inappropriate content"
It's a pity that the road is one foot taller and one foot tall.
Brother Guozi's wave is estimated to have been exploited again.
A pseudo-learning app that "engages in color" has been successfully launched on the App Store.
It is classified into the [Education] category, and the applicable age is also 4 years old +, like a harmless appearance of humans and animals.
Standby brother a meal operation, download after opening.
An incomparably strange world unfolds before your eyes.
The App's home page interface is not the same thing as what is displayed on the App Store.
Let's just say that there are so many sections and pictures in it, all of which have to be coded.
Only the word [Home] can be released.
Such an app that engages in color and is also full of gambling, drainage and illegal transactions.
It is also marked by the App Store as age 4 years + applicable.
The thing itself, it's just -- outrageous opening the door, outrageous home.
Of course, in the official review guidelines, the black on a white background is clearly written.
Apps that contain "unpleasant" content are not allowed to be listed.
So, this wave of "pseudo-learning software" invaded the App Store.
Most likely, the hot update method was also used to bypass Apple's review.
When the app is on the shelf, the interface is still normal, it looks like a learning software.
Wait for the listing to be successful.
App developers then change the inside into a paradise of colors through hot updates.
In recent years, there have been many apps engaged in black and gray production, using this method.
Although the method is a little old, the main one is effective and tried.
Some disguise apps, do not want to be too blatant, will trigger the switch entirely, such as connecting [Home] three times, will open the hidden interface.
So what is Apple doing? Watching your backyard catch fire?
It's not.
In recent years, Apple's restrictions on "hot updates" have become more and more stringent.
The game of platforms and developers
The most basic rule is after the App hot update:
We cannot change the main purpose of the app, turn the app into an app store, and do not engage in black and gray production and exploitation loopholes.
This rule is on the bright side, tell the majority of developers, honestly do the application, do not engage in crooked ways.
But the App Store has such a large number of users, and the old brother who engages in black and gray production is obviously unwilling to give up this publicity channel for traffic explosion.
So you can see that there are still many iOS apps, after hot updates, from learning software, to watching movie artifacts.
But how is this done?
Both Android and iOS allow apps to use the built-in WebView control to display web content.
Eh, this gives developers the opportunity to exploit vulnerabilities.
Directly put an H5 webpage in the App, and display normal content when it is put on the shelves for review.
After the listing is completed, then change the web content from the server side to achieve a big change in the interface, which is simply not too convenient...
A bit like WeChat Mini Program, you don't update WeChat, developers can also modify the interface of the Mini Program.
But not long after, the WebView+H5 page shelling path was also blocked by Apple.
In 2019, Apple made an announcement about the App Store.
The content is concise and easy to understand.
Brother Ji helps everyone save a stream:
If the App is just a web shell, don't come to the shelves, you alone the entire web version, let users access in the browser is not finished...
And Apple's wave of operations.
It is undoubtedly aimed at those apps that use web shells to engage in color.
For our users, the web shell App experience is also quite bad.
After all, it is essentially a web page, and opening the app when the Internet is disconnected is a white screen.
Therefore, it is reasonable that this form of App should be eliminated.
Banning pure H5 shell apps from being on the shelves is also the second blow to Brother Guozi to prevent the proliferation of inferior apps.
But the game between developers and platforms will not end there.
Soon some developers found that they only needed to add an additional native interface to the original WebView interface.
It can greatly improve the success rate of App Store review and shelf...
What's more, developers can now distribute apps by purchasing TestFlight and corporate signatures.
Look at it this way.
Brother Ji pondered that Brother Guozi would not be able to kill all the "disguise apps" in a short period of time.
Don't ask Brother why he is so sure.
In just a few minutes, I found another "pseudo-learning software" from the App Store.
On the surface, it is an app with tool properties, which can be downloaded and used at the age of 4+.
When opened, it's a familiar transition with blood-pumping content.
Good, good, let's all play like this.
Some people may wonder why Apple didn't work so hard to block all these illegal apps.
Brother Ji feels that it is still difficult to "balance".
A small change to an app distribution in the App Store could affect countless developers.
If you want to say completely ban "hot updates", that is even more uncomfortable, the fast pace of the mobile Internet.
At present, the more effective solution may be to increase the frequency of manual review...
And Brother Guozi seems to have done the same.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, the machine brother went to the App Store to search for the app and found that it was gone.
It's just one yard to one yard.
Focusing on application review all the time is not a radical solution.
In addition to the contribution of the platform, as users, it is best not to download such apps blindly.
Beware of being cut leeks
Because developers who engage in such apps are ultimately trying to make money.
And the App Store has such a big traffic pool, I think, they will not let it go easily.
The profit model of the "color" App, the machine brother also probably dug it.
The first is more straightforward, by providing paid content, allowing users to pay for VIPs.
Content is paid, the Internet is everywhere.
Another way is to offer free content to watch, but the app is full of gambling ads.
To put it bluntly, it is specially for the "spinach" company to divert traffic, and it is the money of middlemen.
Perhaps, users recharge gambling consumption in it, and the App also has a share...
When everyone sees this, it is estimated that they have understood the routines of these apps.
An operation, another sending of benefits, and another free resource, all come to your wallet.
Don't get cut leeks, wow.