Reddit plagued with 1-star App Store reviews over API debacle as users search for 0-star button
https://midwest.social/post/884185
Reddit plagued with 1-star App Store reviews over API debacle as users search for 0-star button - midwest.social
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/883364
[https://midwest.social/post/883364] > Despite site-stopping protests by mods
and users, Reddit leadership chose to brute force its way through any reasonable
way of continuing third-party app support. Instead, the company hopes its
luxury-priced API will be its secret shortcut to an overvalued IPO. As a result,
Reddit’s official iOS app is being torpedo’d in the App Store. > > The final
days of Apollo may be upon us, but the ramifications of Reddit’s disdain for its
users are here to stay. Look no further than App Store reviews to see the
results. As TechCrunch reports, data from Sensor Tower shows how Reddit is
sealing its fate as a 1-star reviewed app. > > >The data shared with TechCrunch
shows that nearly 91% of Reddit’s U.S. iOS reviews carried a 1-star rating
during the initial phase of the protest between June 12–14, compared to about
53% in the previous two months until May. > > >There has been some ratings
improvement lately as the 1-star reviews of the Reddit U.S. iOS app dropped to
about 86% between June 15–26, Sensor Tower’s data shows. > > That’s presumably
because the App Store doesn’t offer 0-star ratings. It’s also telling that
Reddit leadership thought nuking third-party apps made sense when its own app
saw more than half of its reviews rank it as low as possible. > > Reddit app
reviews in the App Store have also become a place for users to voice their
frustration with the self-sabotaging company. > > >The data shared by Sensor
Tower also indicates the top three most mentioned terms in all of the Reddit
U.S. iOS reviews included keywords “apollo”, “third party” and “3rd party,”
suggesting users were bombing review ratings in light of the new API move. > >
Either users are pissed or they’re hosting a lot of birthday parties for the god
of truth. > > At any rate, there’s been virtually no good news on the Reddit
front since the awesome Apollo client was forced to announce its end date. The
best Reddit app is closing up shop on June 30 to avoid owing tens of millions of
dollars to Reddit before ever seeing its own revenue. >
Reddit plagued with 1-star App Store reviews over API debacle as users search for 0-star button
https://midwest.social/post/883364
Reddit plagued with 1-star App Store reviews over API debacle as users search for 0-star button - midwest.social
Despite site-stopping protests by mods and users, Reddit leadership chose to
brute force its way through any reasonable way of continuing third-party app
support. Instead, the company hopes its luxury-priced API will be its secret
shortcut to an overvalued IPO. As a result, Reddit’s official iOS app is being
torpedo’d in the App Store. The final days of Apollo may be upon us, but the
ramifications of Reddit’s disdain for its users are here to stay. Look no
further than App Store reviews to see the results. As TechCrunch reports, data
from Sensor Tower shows how Reddit is sealing its fate as a 1-star reviewed app.
>The data shared with TechCrunch shows that nearly 91% of Reddit’s U.S. iOS
reviews carried a 1-star rating during the initial phase of the protest between
June 12–14, compared to about 53% in the previous two months until May. >There
has been some ratings improvement lately as the 1-star reviews of the Reddit
U.S. iOS app dropped to about 86% between June 15–26, Sensor Tower’s data shows.
That’s presumably because the App Store doesn’t offer 0-star ratings. It’s also
telling that Reddit leadership thought nuking third-party apps made sense when
its own app saw more than half of its reviews rank it as low as possible. Reddit
app reviews in the App Store have also become a place for users to voice their
frustration with the self-sabotaging company. >The data shared by Sensor Tower
also indicates the top three most mentioned terms in all of the Reddit U.S. iOS
reviews included keywords “apollo”, “third party” and “3rd party,” suggesting
users were bombing review ratings in light of the new API move. Either users are
pissed or they’re hosting a lot of birthday parties for the god of truth. At any
rate, there’s been virtually no good news on the Reddit front since the awesome
Apollo client was forced to announce its end date. The best Reddit app is
closing up shop on June 30 to avoid owing tens of millions of dollars to Reddit
before ever seeing its own revenue.
Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps
https://midwest.social/post/604386
Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps - midwest.social
Glad to see so many popular subreddits hopping on board. I honestly don’t know
what kind of actual impact it will have.
