On January 1, 2017, the gift package that Apple prepared for developers around the world was substantial and intriguing. As of the time of writing, the popular search list and keyword list have been locked for more than 100 hours , easily setting a new record for the highest locked list in history. Figure 1: Keyword lock list on the morning of January 1, 2017Figure 2: Hot search list on the morning of January 1, 2017 Every time the rankings are locked, it means that the App Store is making adjustments , especially the blocking of search rankings , which inevitably makes people think of major adjustments to the search algorithm . The adjustment of the inclusion algorithm in May 2016 enabled the keyword coverage to expand exponentially, but the good news did not last long because the traffic did not increase accordingly; two algorithm adjustmentsin mid-September and late October of the same year eliminated a number of machine-brushing and protocol-brushing teams in the industry. During the lock period, the observed changes are minimal. According to the dynamics before the list was locked and the recent increase in volume, there are the following major changes. Apple IDs are beginning to be blocked in batches If the machine brushing and protocol brushing teams have been increasing their volume recently, they should have discovered the abnormality of the Apple account (Apple ID) being blocked. Although Apple has frequently blocked accounts before, this is the first time that it has started to block accounts during the ranking lock period . The most severe account blocking occurred at the end of October 2016. Within a week, the number of accounts blocked on the market reached more than 20 million. Account closures are mainly concentrated in old accounts, while new accounts have fewer problems . The specific manifestation is that during the download process it is prompted that the account has been blocked, and general rescue measures are ineffective in recovering the account . Currently, account registration is still a problem . There are fewer and fewer Apple IDs circulating on the market, and the prices are also rising . According to market feedback, the price of a unified password account has reached 0.35 yuan, nearly three times the price in October last year. Is the agreement dead? Recently, an interesting article was published in the industry, which aims to test the effect of protocol brushing using NG's so-called protocol code . Many CPs watched it and were filled with emotion. They came to me for confirmation, leaving me completely confused at the time. After reading the article, I found that some people used a pseudo-report to make arbitrary conclusions about the industry. In order to avoid replying to everyone one by one, the official account will reply as a whole. The difference between protocol flashing and machine flashing (script flashing) is that the former simulates the operation of the latter , and the operation path to achieve the simulation is not the most difficult. The most difficult part is to interact with Apple on multiple levels . Most machine flashes can be exempted from this kind of interaction. The effect will still appear, but it will be unstable. The reasons lie in many issues such as jailbroken devices, account operation volume, network IP, etc. Wouldn't it be ridiculous to use a set of abandoned protocol codes that can achieve search and download for so-called testing? If there is something wrong with the roots, how can leaves grow? One thing that needs to be emphasized is that most of the protocol codes that were previously circulated are NG , and there are only a handful of teams on the market that can effectively perform protocol brushing . It’s not that protocol brushing is dead, it’s that many teams gave up on protocol brushing and started to engage in machine brushing (script brushing). Due to the low technical threshold, practitioners are flocking to machine flashing, but due to the speed of jailbreaking the system and switching accounts, the overall download efficiency is much lower than that of protocol flashing. This is also the reason why the overall selling price of machine brushes remains high in the market. Someone is selling machines with source code. What do you think? Apple has locked the list, and a lot of things have happened. This afternoon, a few friends sent me a screenshot saying that someone was flashing codes on a vending machine and asked me if it was reliable. The machine flashing code is actually a set of script control codes based on the jailbreak system , covering account switching, search result positioning, IP switching and other contents. Generally, script codes do not include changes to the underlying device information, but are more about implementing process control. Without looking at this code myself, I am not very clear about what specific functions it can achieve and cannot make too many inferences. One thing that needs to be emphasized is that the fact that code can implement process operations does not mean that it can produce results , so when considering code, the effect should be put first. If your starting point is not the effect, but just want to use certain functions in the code, it is recommended to start from effectiveness. The set of intervention list codes that circulated in the first half of last year did produce results in a short period of time, but their life cycle was short-lived.
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