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Re:Apple's hostile App Store rating system by ctrlaltdylan on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @11:57AM (#49099181)
It's a broken system. The platforms don't have the skin in the game.

It does exploit the developers, you have to provide A+ support, and often outside the scope of your app just to prevent reviews.

Personally, I don't automatically prompt for reviews at all. Only after a great 1:1 actual conversational interaction.

As a result, my reviews are a tiny fraction of the bigger players. This is the opposite strategy that works.

The reviews game incentivizes high volume, cheap software with automated review capture.

Re:Apple's hostile App Store rating system by tartoran on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @12:05PM (#49099301)
The platform does have skin in the game and it's also making a lot of money off the app store. Just saying...