--- title: Apple should be ashamed of its hostile App Store rating... description: A critique of Apple's App Store rating and review system, arguing it was poorly designed from the start as a clone of the iTunes Music Store's song-rating... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-should-be-ashamed-of-its-hostile-app-store-rating-system-tzyamu0lr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple should be ashamed of its hostile App Store rating system | daily.dev og:description: A critique of Apple's App Store rating and review system, arguing it was poorly designed from the start as a clone of the iTunes Music Store's song-rating... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-should-be-ashamed-of-its-hostile-app-store-rating-system-tzyamu0lr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tZyamU0lR.png og:image:alt: Apple should be ashamed of its hostile App Store rating system og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple should be ashamed of its hostile App Store rating system **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A critique of Apple's App Store rating and review system, arguing it was poorly designed from the start as a clone of the iTunes Music Store's song-rating system. The author highlights how unqualified users leave one-star reviews for trivial reasons like rating prompts or feature requests, how Apple fails to notify developers of new reviews, and how the system disproportionately harms indie developers who depend on positive ratings for visibility. The post calls out Apple's complacency in not modernizing or fixing the system, and suggests Apple could take over rating requests itself to reduce abuse. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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