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Rybold

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Jun 23, 2008
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It should have been this way from the very beginning.

They should also make a requirement that have to have used (downloaded) the App for
at least one week before being able to submit a review/rating.
 

Darkroom

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Dec 15, 2006
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Montréal, Canada
this is smart. there is NOTHING worse than some douche poorly rating the hard work of a developer based on his/her assumptions, just because they don't find it useful... grrrrr... kill the bitches...

i hope MacUpdate and other sites like that will take note... people leave the nastiest "reviews" on apps that they didn't even download (yes, you can see user's download history).
 

gkarris

macrumors G3
Dec 31, 2004
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"No escape from Reality...”
It should have been this way from the very beginning.

They should also make a requirement that have to have used (downloaded) the App for
at least one week before being able to submit a review/rating.

I guess I wasn't paying attention.

Yes, an app I finally decided to buy I thought was good, but a lot of reviewers said it was horrible. I guess it's because they never used the app to start with... :eek:

I'm surprised Apple didn't implement this from the very start...
 

Doctor Q

Administrator
Staff member
Sep 19, 2002
40,103
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Los Angeles
Are there other sites that do this? I read online reviews of electronics, books, and other products all the time and wonder how unusual Apple's restriction to purchasers is.

this is smart. there is NOTHING worse than some douche poorly rating the hard work of a developer based on his/her assumptions, just because they don't find it useful... grrrrr... kill the bitches...
Yeah, better to save that for separate forum sites! ;)
 

wakeua

macrumors newbie
Sep 10, 2007
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Seems fair.

Even doubting that the user commenting never used the apps. It is more likely they used the app without purchesing it. So their comment would have been in most cases true reflecting..
 

radiogod69

macrumors member
Jun 2, 2008
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Minnesota
About freaking time!!!! Hopefully the reviews will actually be worthwhile to read, "non paying" app store reviewers so far should have their review removed to give the app a more realistic review for the product.
 

cublah

macrumors member
Sep 27, 2008
66
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Los Angeles
Fantastic news! As a developer, this makes me very happy. Although I doubt they will purge any of the old reviews, as that would be an entirely different, and more difficult, task.


As a programmer and developer you should know this is not a difficult task at all, they just cross reference each review with the users bought list, if they haven't bought it remove the review, actually very simple indeed.
 

(L)

macrumors 6502
Nov 12, 2005
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No
This is a surprising move from Apple. I've noticed over the past few years that Apple is much more responsive to their customer needs/wants, and they are faster in implementation. App Store is out only 2 months and a few days, and BOOM a great change like this one. Good job Apple, I commend you.

Yes, I agree with you on the trend, but something like this really is a no-brainer. Hopefully as Apple expands, they will anticipate more of these and press on more and more.
 

Delirium39

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May 19, 2008
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As a programmer and developer you should know this is not a difficult task at all, they just cross reference each review with the users bought list, if they haven't bought it remove the review, actually very simple indeed.

Yes, I realise it isn't difficult codewise, but it is more code than what they just did. It took them forever to pull this out of their hat. I have no expectation that they're going to bother taking the time to go all the way with it.
 

cublah

macrumors member
Sep 27, 2008
66
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Los Angeles
Yes, I realise it isn't difficult codewise, but it is more code than what they just did. It took them forever to pull this out of their hat. I have no expectation that they're going to bother taking the time to go all the way with it.

Probably you are right, but to be honest this sort of code will take a programmer an hour of his time to do at most.
 

jstanier

macrumors regular
Sep 6, 2008
148
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Brighton, England.
Yes, I realise it isn't difficult codewise, but it is more code than what they just did. It took them forever to pull this out of their hat. I have no expectation that they're going to bother taking the time to go all the way with it.

I agree. If the whole App Store system wasn't designed with the original functionality of deleting reviews in mind, then getting rid of them may actually have lots of awkward connotations that might affect lots of wild and wacky things.
 

cublah

macrumors member
Sep 27, 2008
66
1
Los Angeles
I agree. If the whole App Store system wasn't designed with the original functionality of deleting reviews in mind, then getting rid of them may actually have lots of awkward connotations that might affect lots of wild and wacky things.

Its a database!!!!, how hard is that, database's are designed for this very thing!
 

kornyboy

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Sep 27, 2004
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Knoxville, TN (USA)
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This should have been there from the beginning.
 

diesel

macrumors 6502a
Aug 3, 2007
807
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It should have been this way from the very beginning.

They should also make a requirement that have to have used (downloaded) the App for
at least one week before being able to submit a review/rating.


ummmm, no

you only need a few minutes tops to be able to effectively rate the vast majority of apps
 

Delirium39

macrumors regular
May 19, 2008
205
0
Its a database!!!!, how hard is that, database's are designed for this very thing!

Considering it took them over 24 hours to fully update the price of my app a couple weeks ago, removing hundreds of thousands of reviews may be a giant task for them.
 

hainezee

macrumors newbie
Sep 27, 2008
2
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Think a little outside the box you guys

Generally I agree with this idea, however, there are a few gullable types out there who need to be steered away from making some very bad choices, take "Tunic Guitar" for example, at £37.99 this is not just pocket money and while it may be a guitar tuner, as a musician and one who is not completely tone deaf, I can say with confidence that I would not benefit one jot from having my guitar tuned "his" way than my own, I DO NOT NEED TO BUY IT to know this, it's obvious to me but unfortunately for those less experienced it may not be, hence my negative "review" of the product, and within my "review" I clearly stated that I had not bought or tried the product so readers could discount my comment if they so chose. I would also like to know if App producers are prohibited from reviewing their own apps? They quite possibly are as part of their contract, but there almost certainly won't be a clause which prevents the missus and kids from positively reviewing within minutes of launch - this too skews the polls. The more of people's opinions whether absolute, tried and tested or whether based on hunch the better I say.
 

Doctor Q

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Sep 19, 2002
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Los Angeles
I agree. If the whole App Store system wasn't designed with the original functionality of deleting reviews in mind, then getting rid of them may actually have lots of awkward connotations that might affect lots of wild and wacky things.
Sometimes reviews reference earlier reviews, so deleting some in the middle might leave others not making sense. But the overall benefit from deleting old reviews by non-purchasers would make it worthwhile.

Of course, how many reviews of "I Am Rich" would they have available?
 

Snakepit

macrumors newbie
Jul 5, 2008
3
0
This is great news. Now I think the only thing they could do to make the review system better is to indicate which version of the app a particular review is for, so that a buyer can see whether a particular review is still completely accurate/relevant.

I AGREE 100%!

Users should be required to enter a version number of the apps that they review. With the fast turnaround time for most iPhone apps, old reviews become outdated very quickly.
 

Eric Isaacson

macrumors 6502
Jul 30, 2008
340
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Haha,
Anyway, this is great!

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This is nice to see.
 
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