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Re:FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect by avandekleut on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @01:01PM (#41916280)
oof - the app we work on at my company does all of these..
Re:FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect by MBCook on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @02:58PM (#41917494)
Well I understand why people don’t like some of them, the truth is the vast majority of the App Store rules are really good as an end user/consumer.

Unfortunately Apple doesn’t seem to care unless the rule is really good for Apple.

Re:FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect by ahoka on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @02:57PM (#41917482)
Did you just have an “Are we the baddies?” moment?
Re:FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect by JacobThreeThree on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @05:16PM (#41918804)
They probably get way more reviews with the prompt, and positive ones, than without it, despite how some morally indignant outlier HN commenters would react.
Re:FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect by MBCook on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @08:05PM (#41920066)
Oh they absolutely work. And given that ratings are about the only thing that matters in the App Store besides search ads, there is a huge incentive to push for it no matter how horrible it is for the user.