‘Rate on Delete’ Removed in iPhone OS 4.0
Something Apple didn’t announce at the iPhone OS 4.0 announcement was that rate on delete was removed in iPhone OS 4.0. Currently in iPhone OS 3.2 (for iPad) and iPhone OS 3.1.1 (for the iPhone and iPod Touch) when you delete an application, you get an pop-up asking to you rate the application you are wanting to delete. Now, you can tap “No thanks” and not rate the app or you could (if you wanted to) you could rate the app. Rate on delete was first introduced in iPhone OS 2.2 as a way for users to rate the app with out having to access the iTunes App Store to rate the app. Many developers believe that “rate on delete” contributed to negative reviews that were coming from users that didn’t like that app. I guess Apple has listened to the complaint of many users who don’t like this. Now, hopefully Apple will just keep it that way.