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Re:Apple Podcasts suddenly became a five-star app by hbn on Thursday February 03, 2022 @12:13PM (#30195213)
If it's hard to stop, why did it used to have a low rating before 3 months ago?
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Re:Apple Podcasts suddenly became a five-star app by hbn on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:30PM (#30197507)
Actually I figured it out, it's in the article linked within the article. 3 months ago they started interrupting podcasts with a prompt to review (the app).

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/19/22791968/apple-podcasts-...

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Re:Apple Podcasts suddenly became a five-star app by marcellus23 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:45PM (#30199390)
There's nothing in the article to suggest they're interrupting podcasts:

> We weren’t able to track down a copy of the prompt ourselves to confirm when and where it appears or what it looks like

It sounds more like they just didn't have any in-app prompts before 3 months ago, and then they added them.

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