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The cynic in me wonders how many of these warnings and one-star reviews are from authors/supporters of competing apps.

Down-vote bots are becoming quite common in other forms of media (Reddit, etc). I wish there were some way of computing the number of players 'gaming' the system.

Given the sheer number of inane "reviews" with bizarre complaints, I think the sad truth is that most of them do come from real users.

I saw an absolutely excellent Japanese app that was at 3.5 stars because a bunch of people 1-starred it for not being in English.

Is that really unfair though? Was it made clear on the product page that it was not i18n?

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