Six reasons you shouldn’t trust five-star reviews for apps or hardware<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Consumer reviews used to be one of the most reliable ways of assessing the quality of an <a href="
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<p>Sadly, however, that is no longer the case. Companies have become very adept at gaming the system, meaning that reviews are worth way less than they used to be. There are now six reasons you shouldn’t necessarily trust them, including one I only learned about today …</p>
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Six reasons you shouldn’t trust five-star reviews for apps or hardware
