[HN Gopher] Apple removes 'Fakespot' app from iOS App Store foll...
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       Apple removes 'Fakespot' app from iOS App Store following Amazon
       request
        
       Author : basisword
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2021-07-16 22:11 UTC (49 minutes ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (9to5mac.com)
        
       | JadeNB wrote:
       | I'd just like to highlight this:
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       | > According to Amazon, the company already has the necessary
       | tools to identify and stop fake reviews, suggesting that third-
       | party services that claim to do this "are mostly wrong."
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       | I am certainly willing to believe that Amazon _has_ all the
       | necessary tools, but it 's very clear that they don't care to
       | _use_ them.
        
       | underseacables wrote:
       | This is so depressing. Fakespot is an amazing app, I never buy
       | anything off of Amazon without using it. Actions like this caused
       | me to trust Amazon significantly less.
        
       | lucas_codes wrote:
       | Cool, I didn't know about this. Will download on Google Play!
        
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