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Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R4] YouTube 1/5 · US Application keeps crashing: Noticed about 2 days ago the app started crashing again and again. Only fix I have found is uninstalling and re-installing the application.
2. [R7] YouTube 2/5 · US Keeps crashing: Why does it keep crashing every time I open it? I have to uninstall the app and keep reinstalling it. I’ve had to do it at least 20 times in the past three days.
3. [R10] YouTube 1/5 · US YouTube crashes: YouTube crashes immediately upon opening. Deleting and reinstalling the app only resolves the issue temporarily for a few hours before the crashing recurs. Environment: OS: iOS 18.7, App Version: YouTube 21.26.4
4. [R13] YouTube 1/5 · US App doesn’t work: For over a week, every day i have to redownload the app because for some reason, it won’t even let me open the app. It just crashes immediately.
5. [R3] YouTube 3/5 · US Ads freezing the video: Since the most recent update, any time an ad plays the video ends up freezing. I have to close the app and restart it in order to watch the video. Fix this.
6. [R12] YouTube 3/5 · US ?: The app is buggy and too many ads
7. [R14] YouTube 5/5 · US Too many Commercial: Enjoy my time on YouTube but too many ads ( I know that’s how they make money) still good stuff
8. [R18] YouTube 3/5 · US Too many ads: WAY too many ads for one video, especially to the longer videos like every 5 minutes there’s an add and the tiny ad box that appears in the corner when you skip one is just taking away from the experience of watching. It’s getting tiring but overall, I love the app and just see the ads as a little too excessive.
9. [R22] YouTube 1/5 · US Where’s the dislike: No dislike button is lame
10. [R24] YouTube 3/5 · GB 👎: You really has upset me that you have removed the thumbs down to feature on YouTube short shorts. It’s like we can’t have an opinion anymore.
11. [R33] YouTube 3/5 · GB Seriously: Please stop turning YouTube into TikTok, first this dislike button now it’s hearts not jst likes? Who is the TikTok lover making YouTube into TikTok? And we need the dislike back so we can shame the content THAT NEEDS TO BE SHAMED, BECAUSE DONT SAY STUFF SHOULNT BE SHAMED WHEN IT SHOULD, fix your app
12. [R36] YouTube 3/5 · GB Can be ok: Too many fake AI slop and dislike button has been removed, there is a lot I don’t want to watch again or channels I can stand. A lot of scammer trying to play on you heart strings to send them money,
13. [R9] YouTube 3/5 · US Shorts: Please stop trying to be tik tok, I deleted that app for a reason
14. [R11] YouTube 4/5 · US Please fix shorts: I’ve been watching YouTube for years because I prefer the long-form content to instagram or TikTok. I fragrant and TikTok are very addictive and I find that the mindless scrolling takes over my life. I used YouTube instead but now that they added shorts they push almost exclusively shorts. When I open the app it’s automatically showing me shorts without me even tapping the video
15. [R16] YouTube 1/5 · US Still have some bugs I can’t watch videos: 😑😑😑
16. [R25] YouTube 1/5 · US Video upload failure: The same thing happened every time I try to upload a video of a train passing like CSX M585 clearing finding Georgia on the CSX Atlanta terminal subdivision it fails when the video was only 44 seconds
17. [R31] YouTube 2/5 · US Fix your bugs!: This app can be so terrible at times. I was trying to update my YouTube page through the app. Started at like 630pm last night. Gave up cause a "failed to update" message kept popping up every time I submitted what I wanted as a banner. I tried again the next day and the same thing kept happening until I chose to go online. What's the point of the app if I still have to go online
18. [R6] YouTube 3/5 · US Watched videos: It’s aggravating that my suggested videos are videos that I’ve watched. It’s not often that I find anything in suggestions and often do a search and leave the app.
19. [R45] YouTube 3/5 · GB I keep getting unusual videos and the Home Screen isn’t loading: I swear it feels like a ragebait at this point i just wanna watch videos and the homepage doesn’t lids a single vids thumbnail confusing me
20. [R1] YouTube 2/5 · US Crazy language and video rules: Crazy language and video rules
21. [R37] YouTube 1/5 · US Controlling: It’s too liberal based. You can’t say truth and how you want to say it. All it does is keep talking points that never go no where or it just lets all the nonsense go all out
22. [R52] Spotify 5/5 · US Good: Great app
23. [R54] Spotify 2/5 · US Too many ads: Spotify premium is way too expensive so I don’t have it but it’s so annoying how it says “30 mins of interrupted music” and it plays two songs and then 5 ads. It’s false advertising my songs typically last 3-4 mins so when two play it’ll only be like 6 or 8 mins and I’ll get 5 ads. It is so frustrating
24. [R56] Spotify 3/5 · US Plays same 20 songs: Have ver 1000 songs on my playlist so far and it keeps playing the same 20 songs over and over
25. [R60] Spotify 5/5 · US So fun: It's literally the best I can listen to it any time!!!
26. [R65] Instagram 1/5 · US Account Suspended: My account of 6 years was banned overnight for no reason and got all of my accounts including my professional art account were all wiped overnight. This ai moderation system is broken and needs to be changed. I was wrongfully banned. I followed the terms and conditions to a tee while using my account. This is ridiculous.
27. [R68] Instagram 1/5 · US Liquid Glass: I updated my app today and now I’m seriously contemplating deleting the app because I cannot stand how yall are trying to now incorporate Liquid Glass into the app words cannot express the hatred I have of the way the new interface looks, at this point I’m ready to delete this app and only use TikTok and Snapchat.
28. [R73] Instagram 3/5 · US My feed is mostly advertisements for products I’ve never purchased nor will purchase.: This app is a pretty fun blocking game with the occasional friendship interaction button. I open it up to watch some advertisements on their stories feature and block them one by one until a friend’s photo comes up. Then I scroll down to view some more ads and block them as they come across my screen and sometim
29. [R74] Instagram 1/5 · US Haven’t gotten the instant feature: I haven’t gotten the instant feature since it came out and I want to have it so I can show people what I like to do and take pictures of cute stuff and a lot of things it’s a feature that I would love to have and try it ou
30. [R81] Facebook 3/5 · US Too many commercials: I had always enjoy seeing the posts of my friends. I rarely see them anymore. I have 200 friends and see maybe a handful. All I see are commercials. False advertising companies of the same thing repeating over and over again. A lot of scamming
31. [R84] Facebook 3/5 · US What happened?: Posts do not come in order of date posted, sometimes days or even weeks.
32. [R89] Facebook 5/5 · US Fun time.: Best app ever.
33. [R90] Facebook 1/5 · US Meta: Can’t do anything without the ai, it’s extremely annoying I’m not brainless I can form a thought 🤯. Don’t understand why it’s every where on the app now and you can’t even turn it off?? I don’t need it to help write comments I am not brainless, I don’t need it when I look up stuff I don’t need it on post. IT DOSENT NEED TO BE ANYWHERE meta is ruining your apps
34. [R94] TikTok 5/5 · US I love it but it will not work anymore: I’m also on iPhone 7 but it’s updated to the max and every time I open it it shows blank screen with TikTok logo And closes by its self FIX IT PLEASE
35. [R96] TikTok 1/5 · US so much bugs: the app banned me for no good reason and when i appealed and tried to log back in it gave me a weird old version of the app, so i had no choice but to delate the app because i was stuck on a old version and wanted to go on my other accounts, also delated all of my data such as drafts, so horrible and now i have to restart from anew.
36. [R97] TikTok 5/5 · US Love the app but this problem occurred: basically ive been on TikTok for about a few years but ever since this week it literally only shows the logo and then logs me out the app and i cant watch please fix
37. [R99] TikTok 1/5 · US Full of ads now: Literally one ad every three videos now??? Really? Totally just trash and unusable
38. [R107] X 1/5 · US FrEeeeeSpEEch*: This is NOT a free speech app. It is an approved speech app. Same as it ever was.
39. [R108] X 5/5 · US Twitter love hate relationship!: Coffee It’s addicting and I love it and hate it at the same time. Life’s complicated. May the Lord bless you and keep you healthy and safe!
40. [R110] X 1/5 · US Garbage: What a garbage propaganda app this has become . Elon sure did destroy twitter . BOTS EVERYWHERE if he got rid of them he’d have no platform !
41. [R111] X 4/5 · US Best Social Media App: This is my favorite social media app. Enjoy the real people able to share their view without getting kicked off. Good for hearing what’s really going on from reliable accounts, since the actual cable news is narrated. The bots are annoying, but those are on all the apps. I also wish more people would see posts and respond. It’s so big in the world the app is more autonomous
42. [R21] YouTube 3/5 · US Fix your app: YouTube isn’t terrible but I have some complaints 1. Too many adds 2. Bring back the dislike button 3. Lower premium prices 4. Work on moderation I have seen videos and especially adds that should not be on YouTube.