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From: Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Does Apple Store censor critical app ratings?
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 07:09:27 -0000 (UTC)
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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2024-05-05, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>> On 2024-05-04 15:08, badgolferman 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 was simply pointing out that there is another valid explanation for 
>>> why what Cameo sees isn't the same as what everyone else sees.
>>> 
>>> For the record, I see the app with 31 reviews and an overall rating of 1.5
>>> 
>>> It's currently showing version 8.0.5 and 277.7MB
>> 
>> It looks like we have a mystery at hand here. 🥸
>> Could the content differ due to geolocation?
> 
> Possibly. What region are you in?
> 

In Central Europe.