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December 8th, 2009, 13:05
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/8dec09ojbt13ra.jpg (http://www.iphoneography.com/journal/2009/12/6/breaking-news-molinker-expelled-from-the-appstore.html)Well, here's the happy side to the police state (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/apple-rejects-macworld-iphone-superguide-from-app-store-for-u/) known as Apple's App Store (http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/is-apples-phil-schiller-trying-to-free-the-app-store-from-arbit/). One of the more prolific app makers out there, Molinker, has been recently unceremoniously expelled from the Apple orchard due to its manipulation of app ratings and reviews. As it turns out, Molinker has been massaging the truth by pumping out false five star reviews for its wares, and now Phil Schiller himself has stepped in and pulled the company's whole catalog -- consisting of more than 1,000 apps -- seemingly permanently:
Yes, this developer's apps have been removed from the App Store and their ratings no longer appear either.
So the App Store is now a bunch of travel guides lighter and Mr. Schiller gets a "good boy" badge from the blog brigade. Good news all around then.Molinker is no more on the App Store -- ratings scam results in expulsion (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/molinker-is-no-more-on-the-app-store-ratings-scam-results-in/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Yes, this developer's apps have been removed from the App Store and their ratings no longer appear either.
So the App Store is now a bunch of travel guides lighter and Mr. Schiller gets a "good boy" badge from the blog brigade. Good news all around then.Molinker is no more on the App Store -- ratings scam results in expulsion (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/molinker-is-no-more-on-the-app-store-ratings-scam-results-in/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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