This reminds me of a “scandal” when I was much younger where the Intel CEO at the time made a statement to the effect that their customers are the enemy, simply because they weren’t willing to blindly open their wallets and give whatever they could spare to the corporation.
Sadly, people are stupid (groups of people, at least). And the disease of consumerism is devouring our society from the inside out.
Umm, so it’s harder to manipulate the rating? I mean, seriously, without that requirement, the ratings would be just as worthless as Amazon or Play Store.
I think I played that one, but I think it was ported to the Apple // by the time I played it.