Apple using swtransparencyd to check your software, anyone know this?

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  1. Pedra Sofia

    Pedra Sofia Ultrasonic

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    Apple uses swtransparencyd to check everyones software,
    I looked into why it does

    It is interesting to see the US is clamping down on monopoly's like Apple soon, we should be expecting a more transparent apple in the coming year, which means they will use other methods to control all the software on their platform for the sake of making more money from developers, and this also goes for music licensing and streaming money which they profit of young artists instead of giving them a decent chance to grow first, artists would not should not be paying any copyright fees, fees for distributing their music, anything if they dont make a certain amount yet, and many sadly are on this site for this reason.
     
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    I use an app that tells me which apps have gone free and in recent months there have been several (that often do simple things) every single day with prices reduced to zero from often $99, just 'go through the onboarding and select the Lifetime option'. There is clearly something dodgy happening here, I suspect they're harvesting data but it may be something worse. I can't see any way to find out and there's no point asking Apple.
     
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  4. Pedra Sofia

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    not sure you what mean by 'go through the onboarding and select the Lifetime option'.m where , what app?

    also iLok is been alleged to be the worse at harvesting data, developers like Nembrini openly announced this and why they and Howard Benson cut them., we talking harvesting software secrets
     
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    Interesting.
    I'm going to plan the switch from Windows to a MacBook.
    Less devices, less software = More serious creativity. But sure a few keyed apps will be used and buyed over the time.
     
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    That's what raises my suspicion that they're all from the same place, using the same terminoligy and instructions. Various apps, as I said, most days. See for yourself. Notice how the cheaply priced apps don't have this instruction but the expensive ones do.

    https://appadvice.com/apps-gone-free
     
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    Scam Attempt Warning

    This site may have been hacked or is fraudulent. Entering passwords or personal information poses a risk of identity theft or financial fraud. Opera Software strongly advises against visiting this site.
     
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    Yep, just tested it with Opera. I first opened it with Firefox with no issues.
     
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