#7 in trivia (#8 when I looked on my iPad). 4.3k stars with an average rating of 4/5 with the first release 13 days ago. My very rough estimate (by scrolling) is about 60 reviews, mostly 1 star. Some of the reviews are... something.
> #WorstGameEverBigRipoff, T E R R I B L E GAME, 5 stars
Haha.
That game sums up my impression of the app store perfectly. It's a bunch of bad actors buying ratings and lying and cheating to get to the top of the charts where they can exploit addictive behavior to extract money from vulnerable people and children.
I see tons of garbage like that on the app store. It's easy to see too. Play some kids games and click the ads for other games. It trash, trash, trash, and more trash.
Apple has been sued for games defrauding children thousands of dollars, but what's really ridiculous and amazing is they are not alone. All of the tech giants have gotten in trouble for defrauding children with deceptive in-app purchases.
So far we know Facebook recognized it as fraud and referred to it as fraud internally so it's a bit hard to believe it is innocently occurring again and again wherever platforms permit games to bill unlimited amounts and players to perform unlimited transactions and developers to obfuscate transactions with layers of cash substitutes like gems and virtual currencies.
#7 in trivia (#8 when I looked on my iPad). 4.3k stars with an average rating of 4/5 with the first release 13 days ago. My very rough estimate (by scrolling) is about 60 reviews, mostly 1 star. Some of the reviews are... something.
> #WorstGameEverBigRipoff, T E R R I B L E GAME, 5 stars
Haha.
That game sums up my impression of the app store perfectly. It's a bunch of bad actors buying ratings and lying and cheating to get to the top of the charts where they can exploit addictive behavior to extract money from vulnerable people and children.
I see tons of garbage like that on the app store. It's easy to see too. Play some kids games and click the ads for other games. It trash, trash, trash, and more trash.