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The iOS Store is even worse. Apple just flat out deletes 1 star reviews. I've tried 5 times to post a review of the app for my apartment complex. The app is ful

by nox101 2y ago

The iOS Store is even worse. Apple just flat out deletes 1 star reviews. I've tried 5 times to post a review of the app for my apartment complex. The app is full of bugs. I list the bugs. There is no swear words or anything else. Just a 1 star review. Every time I try to post it it's deleted within moments.

chrisjj 2y ago
Does it appear - before deletion?
visarga 2y ago
Recently bought the no-ads pack for an iPad game, still showing ads. It's for my kid. Said ads are very very long, minutes long, like TV ad breaks, and require interactions and clicking impossibly small buttons. They even open the App Store at some point so you buy faster. Where are the apps that cost some money, a fixed sum, that is knowable from the start? And then you can use the apps instead of paying to win and milking kids for upgrades and installing other apps? Some of them try to trick users into subscribing for 10$/week for a single shitty game. The AppStore is a wasteland. Shame on Apple for making such a complete 180 from the first years of AppStore. Walled garden my ass.
- samarthr1 2y ago
  Apple Arcade?
  - visarga 2y ago
    The oasis in the desert, but 99% is still remains desert outside.
    - samarthr1 2y ago
      True, but then, there is always fdroid for us android users for $foss_cause _respecting_ apps. They are almost always with a ui from two cycles (or even the 90s), but they are totally playable. I use forkyz to solve crosswords daily and play Mindy (A solitaire mastermind clone)
- floydnoel 2y ago
  i think the apps you are looking for get out-competed by the scummy ones. i have an app like that in the app store. no subscription, no data harvesting, just pay up front once and own it forever. it's nearly impossible to get users to buy it.
wishfish 2y ago
Just curious if you've tried posting a 2 star review? Wonder if that would get past the filter?
lapcat 2y ago
> Every time I try to post it it's deleted within moments. Reviews can also go through an approval process, like the apps themselves. Your review won't necessarily appear in the App Store the moment after you post it. Have you tried checking back days later?
- nox101 2y ago
  Yes, that's how I found out it had been deleted.
jacobp100 2y ago
It takes a few days for reviews to show up. I’m a developer, and get push notifications for each new review. They’re always at least 2 days old by the time the notification comes in

by nox101 2y ago

chrisjj 2y ago

Does it appear - before deletion?

visarga 2y ago

Recently bought the no-ads pack for an iPad game, still showing ads. It's for my kid. Said ads are very very long, minutes long, like TV ad breaks, and require interactions and clicking impossibly small buttons. They even open the App Store at some point so you buy faster. Where are the apps that cost some money, a fixed sum, that is knowable from the start? And then you can use the apps instead of paying to win and milking kids for upgrades and installing other apps? Some of them try to trick users into subscribing for 10$/week for a single shitty game. The AppStore is a wasteland. Shame on Apple for making such a complete 180 from the first years of AppStore. Walled garden my ass.

samarthr1 2y ago
Apple Arcade?
- visarga 2y ago
  The oasis in the desert, but 99% is still remains desert outside.
  - samarthr1 2y ago
    True, but then, there is always fdroid for us android users for $foss_cause _respecting_ apps. They are almost always with a ui from two cycles (or even the 90s), but they are totally playable. I use forkyz to solve crosswords daily and play Mindy (A solitaire mastermind clone)
floydnoel 2y ago
i think the apps you are looking for get out-competed by the scummy ones. i have an app like that in the app store. no subscription, no data harvesting, just pay up front once and own it forever. it's nearly impossible to get users to buy it.

wishfish 2y ago

Just curious if you've tried posting a 2 star review? Wonder if that would get past the filter?

lapcat 2y ago

> Every time I try to post it it's deleted within moments. Reviews can also go through an approval process, like the apps themselves. Your review won't necessarily appear in the App Store the moment after you post it. Have you tried checking back days later?

nox101 2y ago
Yes, that's how I found out it had been deleted.

jacobp100 2y ago

It takes a few days for reviews to show up. I’m a developer, and get push notifications for each new review. They’re always at least 2 days old by the time the notification comes in