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[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So my take away is that some things will be mathematically harder than other things, and don’t purposefully exploit bugs. I don’t think this review has deterred me from buying.

Well, the review did its job, then. The problem would have been if they had hidden these bugs to make the publisher happy: instead, they have exposed issues that you are free to ignore or not, depending on your needs."

[–] Deathsservant@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The real issue is that review scores are so inflated that 1-6 indicates "bad" instead of any gradual scale of quality.

[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

The real issue is that review scores are so inflated that 1-6 indicates “bad” instead of any gradual scale of quality.

This is because digital magazines tend to avoid getting on the wrong side of publishers: preview copies allow for reviews to be already publishable on day one, which is a huge source of clicks/money.