Google Play's Early Access program may be exploited by potentially deceptive apps
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Google Play Early Access can hide public ratings and reviews, making it easier for misleading apps to avoid scrutiny before release.
  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
    5·
    9 hours ago

    Been seeing this pattern for a long time. The ability to turn off public reviews is so obviously exploitable.

    • Midnitte@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Google seems to take advantage of this as well, since your comments arent displayed publicly for a beta branch of an app - so if, say, you are upset about an app changing, it doesn’t get seen by people browsing reviews.

  • BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.socialEnglish
    71·
    10 hours ago

    Whaaaat? I thought Google was being nice and protective and keeping us safe with their recent changes to accessibility and such. How could this happen