Apple Mencabut Dash dari App Store Karena Dugaan Manipulasi Review

Tim pengembang Kapeli punya berita kurang menyenangkan bagi kamu para pengguna aplikasinya, Dash for iOS. Kemarin mereka berencana melakukan proses migrasi dari akun iTunes Connect personal ke jenis akun perusahaan.

Namun setelah proses selesai, Apple malah memberikan label bahwa akun ditutup karena melanggar aturan. Singkat cerita, hal ini membuat Dash tidak tersedia di App Store. Setelah berkomunikasi secara lebih lanjut dengan Apple, kabarnya penutupan akun ini dilakukan karena Dash dianggap melakukan manupulasi untuk review di App Store. Hal ini tentu saja membuat Bogdan Popescu, CEO dari Kapeli kaget.

Apple contacted me and told me they found evidence of App Store review manipulation. This is something I’ve never done.

We often terminate developer accounts for ratings and review fraud, including actions designed to hurt other developers. This is a responsibility that we take very seriously, on behalf of all of our customers and developers.

Dash by @kapeli is used by thousands of devs and has been for years. I use it myself for my iOS reviews. They don’t need to buy reviews…?

— Federico Viticci (@viticci) October 6, 2016

Dash didn’t need to manipulate App Store reviews—it’s a longtime great app that I’m sure most developers have used at some point

— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) October 6, 2016