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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Does Apple Store censor critical app ratings?
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 13:19:46 -0000 (UTC)
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Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
> 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.

In the UK I see 52 reviews and an overall rating of 1.8. Version 8.0.5 and
269.1MB