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Re:Apple, It’s Time To Block iOS 5 Beta Users From Reviewing... by chris24 on Thursday August 18, 2011 @12:45AM (#2897992)
Apple should remove the reviews section from the App Store for people running pre-release versions of iOS and replace it with a form to send a bug report to the app developer (and possibly even a place for a list of known issues that the app has on iOS 5).
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Re:Apple, It’s Time To Block iOS 5 Beta Users From Reviewing... by hellweaver666 on Thursday August 18, 2011 @06:45AM (#2898717)
Apple should just add a bug reports section to the app store period.
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Re:Apple, It’s Time To Block iOS 5 Beta Users From Reviewing... by vaporstun on Thursday August 18, 2011 @10:36AM (#2899313)
Potentially, but if so, it should be something which you'd have to opt into or open only for fellow developers.

The last thing I want is to get spammed with "bug reports" from lay users with trivial or non-existent issues.

If they implemented this but made it take even one extra step like flipping some switch in the settings, it would filter out most lay users and garner some more useful feedback.

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