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Well that's definitely strange. Why would the developer do such a thing when Dash is basically the best app of its kind out there?

Edit: To other commenters, why would Apple accuse the dev of faking reviews if it wasn't true? I don't see Apple getting anything out of it.

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According to Gruber[1], it's not Dash itself, but it's the apps that the developer had created on his other accounts.

[1]: http://daringfireball.net/2016/10/apple_dash_controversy

As one of the other commenters, I wasn't suggesting that Apple is purposefully accusing innocent developers as part of a nefarious plot; I was suggesting that they might be mistaken, and obliquely hinting that it would be nice if they'd respond to the controversy with actual proof, as the article title (apparently falsely?) claimed they had.

> I don't see Apple getting anything out of it.

Refusing to admit innocent error is a very understandable course of action. If, of course, that's what they're doing. From where I stand the entire situation is completely muddy, and I don't think the linked article clarifies anything.

Apple has often made mistakes in the removal of apps.

Usually they just apologise and put it back up. It would be very uncharacteristic to stubbornly refuse to acknowledge and rectify the mistake.

I was suggesting that they might be mistaken, and obliquely hinting that it would be nice if they'd respond to the controversy with actual proof

They'll never provide proof for the same reason that Google won't publicize the exact parameters behind search; it would provide bad actors with information on how to game their system.

>Well that's definitely strange. Why would the developer do such a thing when Dash is basically the best app of its kind out there?

Because few people care to check it out / buy it?

Being the "best of its kind", belonging to a popular app genre, and actually selling are three distinct things.

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