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It actually is. A while ago, someone (i think fb) produced an article that showed that to avoid the issue, they find it is best to show user their own similar s
by dmitrygr 6y ago
It actually is. A while ago, someone (i think fb) produced an article that showed that to avoid the issue, they find it is best to show user their own similar screen, and only if the user clicks "yes", show the OS screen (cause for that one you only get one chance). I suspect you're seeing the apps' first "app-made" screen and not the OS one. Look carefully. If so, click yes there, and NO on the OS screen.
- roblabla 6y agoWouldn't this be against the Apple TOS? Might want to report application that are using this kind of dark pattern.
- monadic3 6y agoIf it is, virtually every app on my phone is in violation.
- ryandrake 6y agoSimilar theory behind those “do you like this app” prompts that come from the app itself. If you tap “yes” they’ll give you the prompt to rate on the AppStore. If you tap “no” they won’t. This can seriously inflate an app’s rating and help prevent low ratings. Nice, underhanded and effective dark pattern!
- Aulig 6y agoThis is called review gating and isn't allowed: https://appradar.com/blog/ask-users-leave-review-in-app-stores#fraudulent-methods-to-gain-more-app-store-reviews https://appradar.com/blog/ask-users-leave-review-in-app-stor...
- ryandrake 6y agoInteresting! It’s obviously been a while since I was in the 3rd party app business because in my day, the use of these was widespread! Nice to see the vulnerability was closed.
- allenu 6y agoIs it actually explicitly disallowed in Apple's guidelines? Their wording almost makes it indicate they want you to only ask for a rating when people are happy with the app: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/ratings-and-reviews/ Make the request when users are most likely to feel satisfaction with your app, such as when they’ve completed an action, level, or task.
- another-dave 6y agoI understood that to mean, if you've goals within you app (e.g. CityMapper — completing a journey; Dropbox — uploading a file; some game — beating a level), ask after the user has completed them, rather than what apps used to do (e.g. before you've been created an account, or getting in your way while you're changing some setting). But when they _do_ ask theyre meant to show the rating dialog either way, not first check what rating you would give.
- mr_toad 6y agoNike Run Club did this to me just last week. The no button leads to a feedback form, the yes button to the App Store.
- Aulig 6y agoUnfortunately it's still widespread, as the rating dialog shouldn't come up during the app review process. So it's unlikely to get caught without being reported.
- InitialLastName 6y agoThe funny thing is when they do that, you leave a bad review, they delete your review, and then keep begging you to leave a review.
- jb1991 6y agoWhat App Store allows the developer to delete a negative review? That sounds terrible. Apple’s app store doesn’t allow that.
- idreyn 6y agoNo doubt FB is preparing to A/B test dozens of variants for maximum "conversion" :) The dialog I am constantly seeing is this one, which seems to come from the OS: https://i.imgur.com/7JGotq3.png https://i.imgur.com/7JGotq3.png Now that iOS allows you to share only some photos with apps (which is great) I see this before practically every photo selection dialog in third-party apps. My choice here doesn't affect my ability to share a single image with the app in that moment; they just want to suck my whole library of photos in for background processing. I'd very much like to not see this dialog more than once a month.
- 0bit 6y agoGo to Settings, scroll down to find the app, and select it. Then you get the "Allow <app> to access" and a list of entitlements, one of which is "Photos". Select "Photos" and you get three options "Selected Photos" (which is what you likely have), "All Photos", and "None". Push "None" and you should never see that dialog again.