Just another thing that keeps us 'honest' folk from gaining sales...

SingleSparqSingleSparq Member Posts: 1,339
edited February 2012 in Business and Marketing Theory
If it's true - it stinks - http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=121800
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  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    Thanx for the link … @SingleSparq

    though he says he was warned that Apple knows about this … think he actually was being told: not to bother contacting Apple

    It is in our professional interest that every time we become aware of fraudulent schemes … we should notify Apple! …

    @};- MH
  • SAZ_1SAZ_1 Member Posts: 397
    good link...personally i dont trust anyone to advertise my apps as per say... a standard advert is fine but something like this us individuals should never consider... that said i think apple should be working harder to fix this... i've seen many a time the EXACT same app in the top 100 more than once?! how does that work out then? these things stop the indie dev from making it to the top or anywhere near.
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Disgusting ... Hate things like this!
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  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Yeah I got offered a Deal that was supposed to put a game into top 25 They charged like $5 per review and they would download from loads of accounts and leave loads of reviews. To be honest this kind of service should be Criminal. It is a complete disservice to the consumer if the reviews left on itunes have been paid for.
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  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Wow, that's so disheartening, especially the fact that Apple has yet to ban these people using this system on the app store :(
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    apple's making the same money from bots than from humans it doesn't bother them as long as there are downloads. history repeats itself and, what happens eons ago will bound to happen to iTunes store... as long as money is involved, people will find a way to take them.
  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    Apple makes no money from bots or humans when the download is a free-app

    as I doubt these hustlers are offering to make bots to download paid games … there is no money involved

    alas, since the iTunes App Store … is almost autonomous from Apple, Inc. … many problems with overseeing content and user's actions/behaviors have escalated to the realm of ridiculous!

    keep hounding iTunes App Store and follow-up with complaints to Apple!

    @};- MH
  • EbreezeEbreeze Member, PRO Posts: 481
    record labels and movie studios do the same thing....maybe a bot or maybe an intern...it's all a big rat race :D
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    these games have in app purchase, otherwise why bothering gaming the system when there's no gain? and apple makes tons of money from in app purchases.
  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    point I ignored @ultima thanx for the correction!

    though, download doesn't always = iAP purchases … still volume downloads would generate more likelihood of purchase

    @};- MH
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Actually, as ultima said, more downloads means more iAP.

    Just take a look at the top grossing apps, and you'll see, the ones that are using this bot scam are in the top grossing apps, one of them is #6 top grossing :( Very despicable
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    edited February 2012
    if only i know who the bot farmers were lol.. but on the 2nd thought, i probably wouldn't go that route, crooked crap always gets you no where. might make good money for short time but it'll probably be spend like nothing and you'll drop back to where you were in no time...
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