Apple should be ashamed of its hostile App Store rating system

A critique of Apple's App Store rating and review system, arguing it was poorly designed from the start as a clone of the iTunes Music Store's song-rating system. The author highlights how unqualified users leave one-star reviews for trivial reasons like rating prompts or feature requests, how Apple fails to notify developers of new reviews, and how the system disproportionately harms indie developers who depend on positive ratings for visibility. The post calls out Apple's complacency in not modernizing or fixing the system, and suggests Apple could take over rating requests itself to reduce abuse.

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