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    I’m So Ashamed Of TechCrunch Today

    Michael Arrington

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    J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news. Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995) and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O’Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich... → Learn More

    Friday, December 21st, 2012
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    TechCrunch reader Kuan Yong sent me an email today showing me something that I thought I’d never see. I thought it must be some photoshopped joke. But I’ve confirmed it for myself. TechCrunch, it seems, has joined the Tapjoy app download circle jerk parade.

    Paying for app installs is just embarrassing. To do it to manipulate app rankings is also a clear violation of Apple’s terms of service.

    I’m so ashamed. This would have never happened in the old days.