Ask HN: Spike in App Store Downloads from China?

2 points by sharp11 ↗ HN
I have two unrelated iOS apps under different vendor IDs and both have seen a surge in downloads from China over the past week. In-app analytics suggest that most or all of these downloads never even open the app.

In Apple's dev forums, it appears that other devs are experiencing a similar spike right now.

Anyone have a clue what might be going on?

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I noticed the same thing. I posted a similar question today on HN. No responses tho
We're seeing the same thing for Tablo, big spike in China downloads but no change in impressions or sessions.