Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Versus TV's Tour de France...

...iPhone app, after Stage 9, with the Tour de France now 45% over.

Still at ver 1.6.1 which is now five days old.

No responses to any purchaser posts on either the Wall or in the Discussion Forums (nor in fact any participation of any kind) at Versus TV's "Official Tour de France iPhone Application" Facebook page in five days.

Just today Versus TV cut the price of it's iPhone app to $10

Meaning (to me, anyway): "screw the early adopters and everyone we've duped so far", and monetize the hell out of the thing before time runs out completely.

This all the while App Store ratings continue to fall: now down to 2.5 stars in 159 ratings of the current version, and 2.5 stars in 429 ratings of all versions.

Via my iPhone, I've again submitted a Problem report through the app's App Store page:

The price cut to $10 proves how relentlessly Versus TV intends to monetize an app that never should have made it out of beta - let alone cost $15 - or now $10

There has been no support (or even participation) on this app's Facebook page from anyone associated with either Versus TV or Participant Sports in five days.

Every single bug and flaw found in the earliest version continues in the "current" 1.6.1 version - which is five days old.

It's clear that Versus TV intends to grab every last dime out of this app - all the while the app's ratings continue to drop - with the fully-complicit cooperation of Apple and the iTunes App Store.

I have been keeping copies of every Problem report I have submitted and have received no response whatsoever.

The courtesy of a reply would be appreciated.

I have yet to hear anything from Versus TV, Participant Sports, or Apple about any of this.

Just wait until they try this again next year!

;-/

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