New Apple Podcasts Rating Prompt Artificially Boosts App Store Score

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By Juli CloverNov 19, 2021, 6:45 pm191 pts
With the launch of iOS 15.1, Apple introduced a new prompt for the Podcasts app that asks customers to rate it, and as it turns out, confusion over what's being rated has led to an artificially inflated App Store rating for the Podcasts app. Prior to the October 25 launch of iOS 15.1, the Podcasts app had 1.8…

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