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Children's reviews of a mobile app. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by umbraroze@slrpnk.net to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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From video by Drago on a mobile app Simply Draw. Which tries to lure children in by promising to teach them how to draw! But then you get hit by the paywall.

We shouldn't inspire children to follow their artistic dreams, and then hit them with the paywall. Or the mobile app economy as a whole. Not all adults are ready for the mobile app economy, why do we think children are ready for that? It's cruel. It's harsh.

I followed along with the tutorial, it's not a bad way to learn how to draw a fish. I'm depressed and I'm depressed because of fish thing so... I dunno if this helped me, it was a thing, I dunno.

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[–] donuts@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Looks more like "give us 5 stars and you'll get a free something" and this is how users try to get around it

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Also, when displaying reviews, often sites display a 5 star review first. After all, the store also wants more sales.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago

Or, in this case, children thinking "oh, I'll give them a 5 star rating, because they probably won't read bad reviews, but they'll be sure to read the good reviews. But joke's on them, the good review is actually a bad review!" (...however, Google, despite being aware that "sarcasm" has been a thing for millennia, still thinks that star ratings are very serious and factual business.)

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I make a webcomic about fish.

https://billsaquarium.com/

You don't need a app to draw. Kids have been drawing on paper forever. Why suddenly they need an app?

[–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It sounds like the actual sales pitch is that it'll teach you to draw, which is a very different proposition than just being a replacement for paper and pencils.

Still a scam, obviously, but pitching itself as something which would be legitimately interesting to some people

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

After watching the video I linked in the desc, I actually was, like, "why the hell don't public broadcasters just hire this guy (and other people like him) and just have them do public art lessons for kids forever?"...well, I guess American public broadcasting isn't exactly in its golden age right now and I don't think it will be in the current administration.