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From: Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Does Apple Store censor critical app ratings?
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 19:24:18 -0000 (UTC)
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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 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>
> 

This is what I have:

https://ibb.co/47TVRQd

https://ibb.co/3pJykf1