Apple Promotes, Profits From Scam Apps, Developer Claims
- App Store falsely advertised as ‘safe and trusted,’ suit says
- Complaint filed by maker of FlickType for iPhone, Apple Watch
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Apple Inc. was sued by the creator of a mobile-device keyboard interface for the blind who says the company’s failure to police fraudulent knockoffs sold in the App Store penalizes honest developers.
Kosta Eleftheriou, who cites a long history of developing successful applications acquired by Google and Pinterest, says that after struggling with the iPhone maker to get permission to sell his FlickType in the App Store, competitors quickly surfaced with products that were slickly marketed but didn’t really work -- stealing 80% of his revenue.