> In general, this doesn't seem like a great use of the HN self-post feature. If you feel this strongly about it, maybe write a blog post that can be formatted

> In general, this doesn't seem like a great use of the HN self-post feature. If you feel this strongly about it, maybe write a blog post that can be formatted properly? Thanks, I'll do that. I originally posted this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1357938977748078594 https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1357938977748078594 > How can you tell that? Seems hard to believe. Tools like AppFigures can accurately estimate revenues from the official top grossing charts of the App Store. Here's a screenshot showing the app made ~ $211k this January alone: https://imgur.com/a/nTsePbX https://imgur.com/a/nTsePbX The same developer has over 100 apps, although this one is their most "successful". > I don't understand this part at all. It might be the case that a handful of normal users are getting scammed by this. But just what do "honest developers" have to do with this case? I got tipped about this app by a small indie developer who has been severely impacted by this scam competitor. I have also experienced the same as a developer: https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1356011069395755009?s=20 https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1356011069395755009?... Also see this for how poorly Apple has reacted: https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1356725674954788864?s=20 https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1356725674954788864?... To better understand this, it helps to see how these people manipulate their ratings: https://boostyourapps.org https://boostyourapps.org Screenshot of the above website: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtZjqbmUcAA9sB2?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtZjqbmUcAA9sB2?format=jpg&name=... Apple's marketing has very effectively convinced people that things like that aren't happening on their store: “A safe and trusted place to discover and download apps” “We want you to feel good about using every single one of them” “No surprise purchases” “Moderators review worldwide App Store charts for quality and accuracy” “Removed over 60M user reviews that were considered spam” I'm just trying to shine a light on all of this, because people have no idea about the extent to which this is going on.