Re:An Update on Market Volatility
by DiabloD3 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @04:49PM
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How are they going to deal with the fact half of their reviews on Google Play are 1 star, and their average is now 1.x star? Google isn't going to bend over backwards for them to delete legitimate user reviews.
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The same reason it didn't effect Facebook. Ratings don't matter for apps that are already household names. There's also no comparable alternative.
What about Webull? Seems like they serve the same market.
Re:An Update on Market Volatility
by majormajor on Thursday January 28, 2021 @05:01PM
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Review recency matters in both app stores, AFAIK. It'll end up back wherever it would normally be as the review bomb ages out.
Android isn't the largest share of smart phone users in the US, and it's still 5 stars on the iOS app store.
Robinhood is only available in the US.
Which is why I qualified that. The numbers I've found indicate smartphone users, in the US, favor iOS (greater than 50% market share). So 1-star reviews in one of two app stores, and the app store with fewer users, won't be the thing that undoes Robinhood.