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What did you think was going to happen? Seriously. Let me tell you what happened: You created a gambling app and tried to pass it off as a game then bought a b

What did you think was going to happen? Seriously. Let me tell you what happened: You created a gambling app and tried to pass it off as a game then bought a bunch of fake reviews. But yeah, sure... whining on Medium about it is going to turn things around for you. Stick to peddling on the malware app stores. I'm upvoting this because I can't wait for an Apple employee to stop by and blast this 'Age 12+!' shit[1] out of orbit for violating their TOS[2], specifically 3.1.5(b)(v): [1]https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-blast/id1494240093 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-blast/id1494240093 [2]https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#cryptocurrencies https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#cry... EDIT: Please also see Google's policy on gambling apps (Which guess what? not permitted in the US!) https://play.google.com/about/restricted-content/gambling/ https://play.google.com/about/restricted-content/gambling/

chupa-chups 7y ago
Apple? Isn‘t this about google? (Sincerely puzzled, but it‘s late over here)
- duskwuff 7y ago
  It's the iOS version of the Android app that got pulled (app.getloaded.bitcoinblast). Seems like a fair assumption that the Android app was substantially similar.
  - dangero 7y ago
    They are similar although the assumptions about what the game entails written by joecool1029 are absolutely false. joecool1029 has not even read the description clearly let alone seen the game in action. Lots of false accusations from this one. We have not violated any of Google's terms, or Apple's for that matter.
- joecool1029 7y ago
  The app I linked is the same app by the same guy and it's in violation of at least 2 sections of Apple's ToS. It's only a matter of time before Apple does the same thing Google did.
  - dangero 7y ago
    What terms does it violate? We have read them all in detail. I'll wait.
    - sebastien_b 7y ago
      Indeed - I'd like to know which subsection states you can't do any marketing for your app. *"marketing" != paying for reviews, as this joecool1029 seems to assume.
DoctorOW 7y ago
I'm unsure how you came to the conclusion about the reviews being fake. Is there more information on this?
- joecool1029 7y ago
  It's called 'context clues'. You don't get all 5 star reviews for an app just launched unless you're using relatives, friends, and paying for reviews. Also, as their description states: It takes a long time to cash out the bitcoin, to receive even 1 cent worth... yet there are reviewers claiming they've cashed out within the first week? Yeah, no.
  - dangero 7y ago
    You can cash out on the first day -- you're making assumptions without trying the app. What you're saying is false. Edit: Also regarding the reviews on a new app it's called marketing you should look into it. What you do is, you pay money and then people hear about your app and go download it. People do it when they launch apps so they can get off to a good start in the store.
    - shultays 7y ago
      Which one is it? "BE ADVISED: It takes a long time to earn enough Loyalty Points to cash out for a meaningful amount of Bitcoin" or "You can cash out on the first day"?
      - dangero 7y ago
        "meaningful amount" -- the app rewards users in a very small amount we're very clear about that. There's no contradiction there. You can withdraw even a fraction of a penny on the first day we're not hiding anything. Our users know this.
        shultays 7y ago
        Huh, so there are actual people out there that claims "you can make money on your first day!" and rate apps 5 stars because you can make a fraction of a cent. I am sorry but I will disagree with your definition of marketing. If you are creating fake reviews that is just lying, not marketting
dangero 7y ago
There is no gambling in the app you're assuming a lot without trying the app. You earn the exact same amount of points on every level -- those points are convertible to Bitcoin -- did you even read the description? Edit 1: Regarding the term that you claim it's violating, we do not reward users for taking any specific actions. They receive loyalty points for playing. That's not a specific action. Edit 2: Did you read the post? We had 20,000 reviews and over a million users you think that was fake generated traffic? Edit 3: Google is hiring you might want to apply in the Google Play review department because you seem to jump to a lot of conclusions you'd fit in well there.
- joecool1029 7y ago
  >You earn the exact same amount of points on every level -- those points are convertible to Bitcoin >Edit 1: Regarding the term that you claim it's violating, we do not reward users for taking any specific actions. They receive loyalty points for playing. That's not a specific action. Seems like a contradiction to me. From Google, "For all other locations, we don't allow content or services that facilitate online gambling, including, but not limited to, online casinos, sports betting and lotteries, and games of skill that offer prizes of cash or other real world value." Most would agree redeeming bitcoin provides access to real world value. >Edit 3: Google is hiring you might want to apply in the Google Play review department because you seem to jump to a lot of conclusions you'd fit in well there. Aw come on, you're gonna make dang mad with these personal attacks. You should be paying me for taking the time out of my day to consult and provide this educational seminar. I take BTC: 1JRtfLaknTjzsLowQZYMLsanDx76rFhtER
  - dangero 7y ago
    It's not a "game of skill" or gambling look into Skillz or World Winner you're not familiar with the terminology being used here those are very specific things. The term from Apple you're mentioning came about because during the ICO era people were rewarding users for taking actions like downloading an app, retweeting something, etc. Our apps do not do that. It's not a complicated scheme. You earn loyalty points for playing the game, you cash those out to Bitcoin.
- 7y ago

chupa-chups 7y ago

Apple? Isn‘t this about google? (Sincerely puzzled, but it‘s late over here)

duskwuff 7y ago
It's the iOS version of the Android app that got pulled (app.getloaded.bitcoinblast). Seems like a fair assumption that the Android app was substantially similar.
- dangero 7y ago
  They are similar although the assumptions about what the game entails written by joecool1029 are absolutely false. joecool1029 has not even read the description clearly let alone seen the game in action. Lots of false accusations from this one. We have not violated any of Google's terms, or Apple's for that matter.
joecool1029 7y ago
The app I linked is the same app by the same guy and it's in violation of at least 2 sections of Apple's ToS. It's only a matter of time before Apple does the same thing Google did.
- dangero 7y ago
  What terms does it violate? We have read them all in detail. I'll wait.
  - sebastien_b 7y ago
    Indeed - I'd like to know which subsection states you can't do any marketing for your app. *"marketing" != paying for reviews, as this joecool1029 seems to assume.

DoctorOW 7y ago

I'm unsure how you came to the conclusion about the reviews being fake. Is there more information on this?

joecool1029 7y ago
It's called 'context clues'. You don't get all 5 star reviews for an app just launched unless you're using relatives, friends, and paying for reviews. Also, as their description states: It takes a long time to cash out the bitcoin, to receive even 1 cent worth... yet there are reviewers claiming they've cashed out within the first week? Yeah, no.
- dangero 7y ago
  You can cash out on the first day -- you're making assumptions without trying the app. What you're saying is false. Edit: Also regarding the reviews on a new app it's called marketing you should look into it. What you do is, you pay money and then people hear about your app and go download it. People do it when they launch apps so they can get off to a good start in the store.
  - shultays 7y ago
    Which one is it? "BE ADVISED: It takes a long time to earn enough Loyalty Points to cash out for a meaningful amount of Bitcoin" or "You can cash out on the first day"?
    - dangero 7y ago
      "meaningful amount" -- the app rewards users in a very small amount we're very clear about that. There's no contradiction there. You can withdraw even a fraction of a penny on the first day we're not hiding anything. Our users know this.
      - shultays 7y ago
        Huh, so there are actual people out there that claims "you can make money on your first day!" and rate apps 5 stars because you can make a fraction of a cent. I am sorry but I will disagree with your definition of marketing. If you are creating fake reviews that is just lying, not marketting

dangero 7y ago

There is no gambling in the app you're assuming a lot without trying the app. You earn the exact same amount of points on every level -- those points are convertible to Bitcoin -- did you even read the description? Edit 1: Regarding the term that you claim it's violating, we do not reward users for taking any specific actions. They receive loyalty points for playing. That's not a specific action. Edit 2: Did you read the post? We had 20,000 reviews and over a million users you think that was fake generated traffic? Edit 3: Google is hiring you might want to apply in the Google Play review department because you seem to jump to a lot of conclusions you'd fit in well there.

joecool1029 7y ago
>You earn the exact same amount of points on every level -- those points are convertible to Bitcoin >Edit 1: Regarding the term that you claim it's violating, we do not reward users for taking any specific actions. They receive loyalty points for playing. That's not a specific action. Seems like a contradiction to me. From Google, "For all other locations, we don't allow content or services that facilitate online gambling, including, but not limited to, online casinos, sports betting and lotteries, and games of skill that offer prizes of cash or other real world value." Most would agree redeeming bitcoin provides access to real world value. >Edit 3: Google is hiring you might want to apply in the Google Play review department because you seem to jump to a lot of conclusions you'd fit in well there. Aw come on, you're gonna make dang mad with these personal attacks. You should be paying me for taking the time out of my day to consult and provide this educational seminar. I take BTC: 1JRtfLaknTjzsLowQZYMLsanDx76rFhtER
- dangero 7y ago
  It's not a "game of skill" or gambling look into Skillz or World Winner you're not familiar with the terminology being used here those are very specific things. The term from Apple you're mentioning came about because during the ICO era people were rewarding users for taking actions like downloading an app, retweeting something, etc. Our apps do not do that. It's not a complicated scheme. You earn loyalty points for playing the game, you cash those out to Bitcoin.
7y ago