In a move sure to please most developers, Apple has gone ahead and removed older App Store reviews from users that hadn’t even purchased the apps they were reviewing. About time I’d say! I know from personal account from a few developer friends of mine, that these initial reviews could be absolutely killer, tarnishing the reputation and sales of an app… when the review is for all intents and purposes unfounded.
Before September of last year, all apps in the App Store were reviewable by anyone… and you didn’t even need to purchase the app to enter the review. Garbage! The new policies set in place in September required that the app be purchased and installed before a review could be submitted. Thankfully like I mentioned above, Apple has now gone back and removed all of the previous, somewhat ‘bogus’ reviews from the store.
Bottom line here is this was a move that needed to be made. I know there are a lot of developers out there with a smile on their face now. If you want to leave a bad review, that’s still all good… But at least you have to buy, install, and TRY out the darn thing first! That’s the way it should be.
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