Posts: General / Apple 86's 1000 apps from developer Molinker

http://www.cnn.com/2009/T.../index.html

The Chinese developer had, according to some estimates, 1,000-plus applications in the store, most of which were copycat knockoffs of existing applications.

When a friend of writers at the iPhoneography photography blog saw these rather poor applications consistently scoring 5-star reviews, they got suspicious.

Some investigation showed that Molinker's applications were getting many top ratings and almost nothing in the 2-to-4-star range. In fact, the only other ratings were often 1-star, and likely the only truthful feedback on the apps' pages...

onemiamibum:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/T.../index.html

The Chinese developer had, according to some estimates, 1,000-plus applications in the store, most of which were copycat knockoffs of existing applications.

When a friend of writers at the iPhoneography photography blog saw these rather poor applications consistently scoring 5-star reviews, they got suspicious.

Some investigation showed that Molinker's applications were getting many top ratings and almost nothing in the 2-to-4-star range. In fact, the only other ratings were often 1-star, and likely the only truthful feedback on the apps' pages...

i read about this and couldnt help but wonder which of the million apps does anything at all worthwhile.

spazdaq:


i read about this and couldnt help but wonder which of the million apps does anything at all worthwhile.

Flavia 'they have an app for everything Chris, just think of it and they have an app.'
Chris 'Do they have an app that turns your iphone into an android?'

SILENCE