cover of episode A week-long iOS App Store bug wiped out over 20M ratings

A week-long iOS App Store bug wiped out over 20M ratings

2019/10/31
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An accidental sweep of the App Store removed more than 20 million ratings from the most popular apps — including from well-known brands like Google, Microsoft, Starbucks, Hulu, Nike and others — as well as from smaller developers. The issue began on October 23, 2019 and wasn’t resolved until yesterday, October 29. Apple hasn’t yet explained how such a sizable and impactful change to app ratings occurred.

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