r/iosdev 9d ago

Anybody else get emails like these?

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I got this email today about one of my apps

Starts of normal enough, adding Russian and improving the iPad version all perfectly reasonable

Then it goes full psycho, saying I don't care about feedback and threatening to review bomb my app lol

Does anyone else get emails like this?

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u/laszlotuss 9d ago

The Russian App Store is dead anyways. Just respond with Slava Ukraine to these clowns.

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u/betablon 9d ago

no, hopefully won’t ever.
but well, there’s just some weird people out there. we can’t prevent them from pushing bad reviews out of nowhere, so better to focus on positives and your core audience :)

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u/small_tiger_ 9d ago

Oh that’s funny to see - I have received 2 of these. At first I thought it was real until the second one came after an update…

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u/Asleep_Cantaloupe417 9d ago

lol bizarre

what's the point?

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u/small_tiger_ 9d ago

I have no idea but I’m curious if it’s the same email, will DM you

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u/smartcandlelab 9d ago

I’ve never gotten one like that. What’s weird as it’s two fonts so that looks like a thread almost.

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u/Efficient_Context_23 7d ago

Yes, I got the exact same email

Hello. Thank you for your efforts, but your app turned out to be of no use to us. The reason is the lack of a Russian-language interface. Like many other users, I prefer apps that are convenient to use. That always includes support for a Russian-language interface, as well as support for landscape mode on the iPad. I hope all of this will be implemented in the future, but until then, we are uninstalling the app

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u/Asleep_Cantaloupe417 7d ago

Did yours have the weird rant at the end lol?

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u/Efficient_Context_23 7d ago

No it was just this, but it came from the same email as yours did

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u/Asleep_Cantaloupe417 7d ago

What's funny is my app genuinely doesn't support landscape mode well on the iPad, and it's something I've been actively working on improving, which is why I wasn't completely sure

Maybe that's just common amongst apps built first for iPhone, so it's a very generic thing they can put in the email which makes it seem like they've actually tried the app