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):- Google- "Censorship" (loosely defined)- China (vs India vs a US company, which could really be its own point)But if you read the article it seems to be a logical decision. Google (likely) did something similar for zoom: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/24/zooms-android-app-r...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)