November 23rd, 2009 by ahoogIn the fast paced race for revenue, apps on your iPhone, Android phone, other device and eve Facebook fall prey to every trick in the book. The problem is, most people have no idea. A write-up and video on The Consumerist shows the CEO of Mafia Wars bragging to aspiring developers.
As we previously mentioned, one popular developer is already on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit for allegedly taking user’s personal data without permission. TechCruch has a great article
if you want an insider’s take on how to scam users?
From the beginning, the profitability and viability of popular Facebook social networking games Mafia Wars and Farmville were predicated on the backs of scams, boasts Zynga CEO Mark Pincus in this video. “I did every horrible thing in the book just to get revenues,” he crows in the clip to a gathered bunch of fellow scumbag app developers.
via Facebook: Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users From Day One.
