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From what I understand, this app had 12M users. Is that correct? So for people here to claim it was at all spammy, explain to me why it never had 12M uninstal
by mikecane 14y ago
From what I understand, this app had 12M users. Is that correct? So for people here to claim it was at all spammy, explain to me why it never had 12M uninstalls and zero users. There must have been value users got from it.
EDIT to kill a typo.
Second edit to add more:
I get a daily email from a service called BookBub. AFAIK, it's basically a similar model to AppGratis. It's pay for placement. Yet every email I discover a legitimately free Kindle book I can download. I understand it's pay-to-place. I don't find it spammy. Do I want to see everything be pay-to-place? Hell no. But to say I can't have BookBub or something else of my own free will -- well, something is just wrong with that thinking.
- maceo 14y agoFurthermore, where were the people who claim it was all spammy BEFORE Apple banned the app? They had no objection to the app because their dear leaders at Apple had yet to object to the app.
- idunno246 14y agoThe problem isnt the app itself, or that it's pay to place within the app, or spammy to the users of the app. The problem is that the top apps is heavily based on # downloads, and this app gets lots of downloads. Therefore, it's gaming the top apps. The app gratis users are cheap, crappy users that provide little value to the advertiser cause they don't spend money. It's all just to chart and get good users from the apple's placement. And since everyone is doing this, the only way to get in the top apps is to buy one of these services. The minute you stop paying, you drop from the top charts. Really apple needs to fix the app store, or offer sponsored slots there. [I worked at a company that used app gratis]