Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating
This really hits on a lot of nerves of the general HN crowd (especially when these things are combined):<p>- Google<p>- "Censorship" (loosely defined)<p>- China (vs India vs a US company, which could really be its own point)<p>But if you read the article it seems to be a logical decision. Google (likely) did something similar for zoom: <a href="https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/24/zooms-android-app-rating-has-been-absolutely-destroyed-by-coronavirus/" rel="nofollow">https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/24/zooms-android-app-r...</a><p>Assuming there's nothing left out by the author, I don't really think there's anything newsworthy here, just something that google did that aligns with its past actions (not to say it doesn't belong on HN)