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From: Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Does Apple Store censor critical app ratings?
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 19:03:10 -0500
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Alan wrote:
> On 2024-05-04 16:28, Hank Rogers wrote:
>> Cameo wrote:
>>> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-05-04 13:13, badgolferman wrote:
>>>>>>> Cameo wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not sure what you are looking at, but the DDPAI app has a low 1.7
>>>>>>>>> star  rating, and many reviews (I stopped counting after 50) are
>>>>>>>>> available to  read:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ddpai/id1139717657>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is what I have:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://ibb.co/47TVRQd
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://ibb.co/3pJykf1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I see the same thing Jolly Roger sees, which is unusual because we
>>>>>>> rarely see anything similarly.  Something is wrong with your App Store
>>>>>>> experience.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or with his personal integrity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Whose personal integrity are you referring to?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He’s clearly calling you a liar. That’s what he does to 
>>>> most everyone else
>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>> Back to the App Store thing…are you able to look at it with a 
>>>> different
>>>> device? If so it would be interesting to see what happens then.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don’t have another Apple device. Can I do that from a Windows PC?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> When it comes to apple stuff, you can't do ANYTHING with a PC. You'll 
>> need to buy a Mac to get the full walled garden experience.
>>
>>
> 
> Why would you EXPECT to be able to access an app store...
> 
> ...that only provides apps for Apple devices...
> 
> ...on anything EXCEPT and Apple device?

Exactly.