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<p>Apple’s podcast charts recently started <a href="
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Serial.</p>
<p>Manipulation via click farms was immediately suspected, and a new analysis provides pretty conclusive evidence that this is the case. Worse, though, it shows that it is happening again, despite Apple’s intervention …</p>
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