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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews by pbarnes_1 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:36PM (#13477648)
The people responding to you don't understand that without asking for reviews, your app will just die.

Apple needs to stop nuking reviews/stars on every release (give us the option!), then we'd stop asking for reviews.

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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews by mikeash on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:37PM (#13477657)
We understand, we just don't care.
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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews by jclardy on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:13AM (#13481115)
You think you don't care, but look at your App Store purchase history from two or more years ago and see what is still around.
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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews by mikeash on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @10:02AM (#13481891)
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Are you saying that I really do care, because it helps apps I like to use to survive?
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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews by titanix2 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:08AM (#13478720)
There is two tabs in the app store, one for "Current Version" the other for "All Versions" so it is not true that Apple erase previous ratings.
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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews by flukus on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @09:01PM (#13477781)
The survival of your app is not my concern.

If apple want a vibrant ecosystem of apps then they can make the changes, but as a user it's not my responsibility.

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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews by cynix on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:04AM (#13478696)
Apps that beg for reviews deserve to die.
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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews by Rex206 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @01:13AM (#13489136)
Review nags will not save an otherwise anonymous app. Your blame is misplaced. By not listening to your customers, yes, your app will suffer, as will many businesses that are indifferent to the wants of their customers.
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