“This app forced me to give it a good rating before I could use it.”

Re:“This app forced me to give it a good rating before I cou... by elzbardico on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:55PM (#27284816)

Not an IOS developer, but I think they are not blocking the buttons, just asking for the review in a loop. To avoid being caught by the App Store approval process, probably this is controlled by a feature flag enabled after a call to a remote endpoint.

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Re:“This app forced me to give it a good rating before I cou... by objc on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @09:01PM (#27284851)

You can only present this alert 3 times a year. Also, you cannot configure it to have a rating already set. Also, when the alert is presented, it is animated. You would see the animation if it were in a loop.

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Re:“This app forced me to give it a good rating before I cou... by quantified on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:04PM (#27285725)

Nothing like making full use of the first time then.

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Re:“This app forced me to give it a good rating before I cou... by mcraiha on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @12:50AM (#27286492)

And also developer cannot check how many times it has already been shown.

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Re:“This app forced me to give it a good rating before I cou... by makecheck on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @08:05PM (#27297723)

Given that this exploit seems to watch for the window appearing, they probably can count. They could store a count somewhere and increment the saved count when they see the window.

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Re:“This app forced me to give it a good rating before I cou... by manmal on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @05:16AM (#27288130)

I can confirm this, as an iOS developer.

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Re:“This app forced me to give it a good rating before I cou... by raydev on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @12:48PM (#27292877)

> I think they are not blocking the buttons

They are blocking the buttons. https://twitter.com/_inside/status/1397540108971266049

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