Unless you have been living under a stone for the past few days, you would be aware that TikTok received as many as 4 million new comments on Google Play Store — with most of them being negative.
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Further, its rating fell from 4+ stars to around 1.3 stars within just a few days.
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However, even if the ratings of TikTok falls to 1 star, it is highly unlikely that it will be removed from Google Play store.
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Let me first give you real examples of similar situations for other apps. One from Google Play Store and Apple Store each.
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Zoom App (Google Play Store):
- This video conferencing app was under a scanner recently due to privacy issues and faced a similar issue wherein it's ratings dropped from 4.5 to 2.0 stars
- However, the ratings were back to 4.0 a few days later
- Google's algorithms combined with manual scrutiny by Google employees identify such manipulations in reviews/ratings and remove it
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Ding Talk App (Apple Store):
- Another similar incident happened in China where the Ding Talk app was introduced by the Chinese govt. for online classes amidst the COVID Pandemic
- To escape online classes, some really smart (sarcasm!) students came up with an idea.
- Thousands of such students gave negative comments about DingTalk on the Apple store hoping the app would be removed.
- However, it was not removed from App store and was available for download even after that
- Indeed, TikTok is an Ashwathama that... (More)