Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18...
by notahacker on Thursday January 28, 2021 @07:58PM
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Even if they do want to preserve the financial status quo, it's pretty difficult to see where the review score of a retail broker app fits in with that.
On the other hand avoiding review bombing is a Google Play store business objective, doing it in a half assed reactive way with an algorithm is Google's style, and of course it's also Google's style to not care about customer service nearly enough to wade into a debate about whether a pile on related to genuine upset with an app company's policy is really review bombing
1. It tends to retard technical progress.
2. They have to make deals with entrenched incumbents to do finance.
3. There's nothing stopping a hedge fund manipulating Alphabet's stock.