Re:Appirater; helping iPhone app developers get balanced rev...
by jsz0 on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @01:31AM
(#810336)
This has huge potential to annoy the hell out of users. I hope developers use it with prudence. Ask me once after 10 startups or whatever. Fine. Ask me again? Your score is going to be F, 0, horrible, awful, stole all my contacts and sold them to the Russian mafia. Deleted all my music. E-mailed all my private photos to everyone in my address book. Lies? Maybe, maybe so. I don't like being nagged. Once is enough.
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Re:Appirater; helping iPhone app developers get balanced rev...
by DenisM on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @02:24AM
(#810401)
Ever heard of adequate response? No? Well, in this case it would be writing a review about the app being nagware. In general adequate responses are good because they prevent situations from escalating into hostilities. Yours also has a sideffect of making it impossible for any buyer in the app store to make an informed decision, and therefore makes it hard for good apps to stand out on the merit. It ends up giving a boost to the actual crappy apps because now, with your generous help, all apps have bad reviews - both truly bad apps and the ones that had the gall to ask for your opinion.
Re:Appirater; helping iPhone app developers get balanced rev...
by elai on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @02:04AM
(#810378)
It only asks once per 30 days, and only IF you used it at least 15 times within those 30 days.
Re:Appirater; helping iPhone app developers get balanced rev...
by ArashPayan on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @02:33AM
(#810411)
Actually, it'll do it just once per version and only after 30 days and 15 launches. So if they tap 'Rate' or 'No, thanks', they won't be bugged anymore unless they update to a new version. Even then, only after 30 days of usage and 15 launches (which are both customizable).