Reviews for apps.

Something that annoys me about iTunes is that to be able to leave a review for an app sold on iTunes you must purchase the app first. This means that if you use a trial version of an app and it turns out to be a piece of c**p, like Tune-Up for iTunes, you have to purchase a piece of c**p to leave a review that it is a piece of c**p. There isn't even a way to contact Apple/iTunes to address this issue so here I am in the community. My issues are  2:
1) Leaving a review for a trial version of an app so others won't waste their money and forcing the develpoers to pay attention to reviews and improve their apps.
2) Apple/iTunes doesn't have a means to communicate directly trrough a customer service site, only this forum. How could this be changed?

you can't review a light app unless you purchase a full version.
That is wrong. You can review a light/free version if you obtain that version; I've done it on several occasions. You do not need to own the full/paid version to review the light version. If you want to review the full version, you do have to buy that version. You can review the version you own, and only that version. Reviews are not linked, so the review of a light version will not appear in the full version, and vice-versa.
Why would anyone purchase a full version of a lousy app just to write a review that it's a lousy app?
Because unless you own that version, you have no standing on which to claim it's a lousy app. A "light" or "free" version may be very different, and in many cases reviews I've seen rate a light/free version as lousy solely because of features only available in the paid version.
Again, you have the feedback page via which you can comment to Apple. There's no further reason to continue this conversation.

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