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AppStore Genius - does it work?

Ok, so maybe I'm missing the blindingly obvious here, but I have Genius turned on and am looking at a page of recommended iPad Apps in the App Store on my iPad. I see ones I'm not interested in, I click "Not Interested" and the button turns dark gray, but nothing updates.

I can go More, and Back, and the ones I've selected as Not Interested are still there. I can pick another category, I can then return to the category I was in, and ones I've marked as Not Interested are still displayed.

So ... how on earth do I get it to take note that I'm Not Interested? On my iPhone, it's easy, I swipe, I delete. I get to the end of the list, I can click on More Recommendations and the list is infinite... and the ones I'm not interested in don't come back. On the iPad, none of that exists, seems like a poor second cousin.

Am I missing something obvious here? I can't see any way of getting it to update its selections and it never has more than a dozen or so recommendations.

Thanks for any help

iPad, iOS 5.1

Posted on Apr 24, 2012 3:52 AM

17 replies

Oct 12, 2012 1:19 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

I have reported it as a Bug on the link:

https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/wa/signIn

I think this could better call the attention of apple.

Apr 29, 2013 5:28 PM in response to Jemster

I have the same problem only with iPod Touch. In addition, I can hardly swipe more than five or six offerings before one loads unintentionally and then if I try to get out it reverts to the first one so I have to start over. Ironic that they named it Genius. Moron would be a more apt title. This is pretty representative of the entire App Store experience. Come on Apple, this is your app to promote apps. It should function reliably and flow fluidly instead of like a Godzilla movie.

It along with new iTunes is a disgrace. Steve Jobs would not use such a polite description.

AppStore Genius - does it work?