给Tim Cook的信：揭露丑陋的AppStore中国榜

有感于近日疯狂而又丑陋的中国榜单，特撰一邮件，给Tim Cook发了一封，估计石沉大海的多，但是不吐不快，也请有认识Apple官方的人帮忙转发一下，做为一个开发爱好者，我们只有一个愿望，希望中国 AppStore区早日恢复健康，因为现在大部分用户都开始抱怨并不再信任中国榜单了！这对中国移动app市场的破坏性将不可估量——

中文翻译：

我是一名iOS开发人员，平时也很喜欢在AppStore下载应用，但是最近，AppStore中国区的混乱让我大跌眼镜。
在中国区AppStore免费榜Top100，有90%都是被刷上去的。这意味着中国免费榜单已经被刷榜公司完全操控了！

可以看下这张大图，也许你会惊讶为什么连糖果粉碎传奇，地铁跑酷，CoC都被认为是刷榜呢？
因为他们被当作了两大刷榜公司明争暗斗的烟幕弹。不信的话，可以去看下他们近日在AppStore榜单的起伏表现，一看即知！（至于找你妹和萝卜，可能也是这种情况）

这场争斗是由两大刷榜公司挑起的，究其原因是其中一家以低价抢了对方的生意。失败方决定用锁榜的形式来惩罚对方（你不让我活，我就让你死）
他们使用刷榜工具将一些欧美知名游戏刷到top50（是的，虽然是知名游戏，但在这场争斗之前，他们基本都在top 50之外，有些甚至在top300之外，都是有数据可以查的）

而另一方自然也决定还击，所以我们看到了令人难以置信的中国式榜单！！

做为一个对这个平台热爱的开发者，对这个不公平的市场深感失望，并且目前看来有越来越多的用户对中国榜单丧失信心，这将极大的影响中国App的健康成长！

英文原稿：

I am an iOS indie developer and I love to download app on App Store as an user. But I was totally SHOCKED by the chaos in App Store of China recently.

I found 90% apps on the Top 100 Free App Store that were all promoted by FAKE Downloads. It means Top Free Game Charts has been manipulated by Bot-Farm Companies.

Look at this chart, maybe you wonder why so many famous games like Candy Crush, Subway Surfers, and Clash of Clans were considered as fraud?
The truth is they were used as a cover for the struggle of two Bot-Farm Companies. The evidence is they keep moving up and down in the rankings on App Store (China) these days.

This battle stems from competition of two bot-farm companies. One captured several business from another with low price. The losing side decide to ‘lock’ charts to obstruct their business. They use cheat tool to drive many famous games up to Top 50 (Yes , most of them are very famous apps but not stand in Top 50 before this war)

And the other one of course pay it back, so we found incredible fraud in China Top 100 Free Game App Store.

As an honest indie, I really love developing apps on iOS and it saddens me to face the unfair charts on the App Store.
As an iPhone user, I have heard so many people talking about they don’t trust the charts on App Store any more.
It really hurt  :(

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刷榜公司这次一反常态狂刷欧美游戏，就是为了鱼目混珠，怕苹果对中国区如此震荡采取集体下架措施，但本文已经明确揭露了他们的阴谋，这一切不是我信口开河，都有数据说话（文/totaleclipse）