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*Nobody* is happy with this app. Most are accusing it of being a scam. Some of the ratings are probably fake too, “boosting” it to 2.4 stars.
Why does any of this matter?
The app is currently the #441 top grossing app across the entire App Store
To put this in perspective:
It’s grossing ~ half a MILLION dollars a month! This is more than apps like:
- Microsoft Word - Microsoft OneDrive - Google Drive - Washington Post - Fox News - Reddit - Bloomberg - NBC Sports - Grand Theft Auto - NBA LIVE - Monopoly - DocuSign - Udemy - LastPass - GoPro
- Facetune - MasterClass - Procreate Pocket - Motionleap, Lightleap, Photoleap - Evernote
…and many, many more.
In fact, almost every other app out of the 2 million App Store apps makes less money that this scam!
That Apple took a good look at this app & the developer’s practices and decided to keep it in their “walled garden” store, tells you all you need to know about where their motives lie.
Yesterday’s thread:
You think the @AppStore is “a place you can trust”?
How to spot a $5M/year scam, in 5 minutes flat:
The punishment for buying fake reviews is that you get to carry on as if nothing happened.
I'm not saying every developer who has fake reviews should be permanently banned (too easily weaponised)
But scam apps repeatedly bulk buying reviews? Yup.
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