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Re:Apple urged to root out rating scams as developer highlig... by cwyers on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @01:25PM (#26017149)
I'm sure that app review is a hard problem. But it seems like Apple has the worst of both worlds sometimes -- HN frequently puts cases where an existing, very successful app gets suddenly dinged for something, or a new app from a big vendor gets nailed on a point of policy. Meanwhile absolute shovelware like this seems to be able to clear the review process no problem.
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Re:Apple urged to root out rating scams as developer highlig... by zepto on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @01:56PM (#26017574)
Those big cases where an existing app gets dinged are often justified, but are also extremely rare.

Keeping out shovelware while also allowing rudimentary but useful apps by new developers is a much harder problem.

They aren’t really connected in any particular way.

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Re:Apple urged to root out rating scams as developer highlig... by ncf04212 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @08:01AM (#26024952)
> Those big cases where an existing app gets dinged are often justified, but are also extremely rare.

There have been many cases ( like Hey ) where Apple justification for removing apps was "We saw you're making money, therefore give us money, even tho we provide zero added value".

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Re:Apple urged to root out rating scams as developer highlig... by zepto on Thursday February 04, 2021 @11:34AM (#26026910)
"We saw you're making money, therefore give us money, even tho we provide zero added value.”

This is just something you made up.

Apple’s justification was quite different.

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