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by terrywilcox 1887 days ago
It's as if the people paying for this app aren't actually the ones complaining.

Why wouldn't they complain if it was a scam?

Because they're not actually using it. It's a money laundering app.

If you're just laundering money through an app, it doesn't have to actually do anything.

And if you make the price outrageously high, you can launder more money with fewer clicks and reduce the risk of some idiot actually buying it.

2 comments

Who would launder money in a way that would not only require finding a developer and going through App Review, but also losing 30% in the process (plus however much that developer costs)?
I think for someone who needd to launder large amounts of money and can't spend it otherwise, 30% or more might not be unreasonable. 70% beats 0%.
There are far simpler and less convoluted ways to launder money. We have bitcoin. We have HSBC.
Can you launder dirty cash with those?

At least with the App Store you can buy gift cards with cash or even get a mark from a scam to buy you gift cards that you can then launder.

Yeah, I've seen a bitcoin ATM in a headshop before.
> Why wouldn't they complain if it was a scam?

~120 1-star reviews are saying you're wrong about this one.