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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Does Apple Store censor critical app ratings?
Date: 4 May 2024 16:05:16 GMT
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On 2024-05-04, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
>>> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Cameo wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I have a hard time seeing and reading the user comments of some
>>>>> apps in the App Store. The stars are there with the number of
>>>>> ratings, but the user comments ara not. I know that I also left
>>>>> comments on an app that I use, but could not find them appear
>>>>> published in the App Store. This would be very rare for Android
>>>>> apps in the Play Store.  What gives?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not doubting your claim, but I'd like to see an example of what
>>>> you describe.  I have seen plenty of 1 and 2 star reviews of apps.
>>> 
>>> It’s hard to show something that’s no longer there.
>> 
>> You can’t post a link to the app you were looking at that has 1 star
>> but doesn’t have negative feedback?
>
> Check out the DDPAI app in the AppStore. It is an app for the DDPAI
> Mini5 dashcam that displays and controls the video from the small, but
> very capable dashcam via direct WiFi. The cam itself has no display.
> The app has a 4-star rating wih supposedly only two respondents. It
> had that many before I posted my  negative review more than a week
> ago, and it is still not showing up there as none of the others. So,
> as I said before, why should anybody bother to take time for a
> feedback? This was not the case with Google PlayStore.

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>

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