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> > the Files app had a Dropbox integration, so Apple put “Dropbox” into the app’s metadata, and it was automatically ranked higher for “Dropbox” searches as a

• samatman 5y ago
  I'm glad you quoted this because it's actually plausible. It's a given that Files is downloaded much more often than Dropbox: it's integrated with the rest of the iOS ecosystem and iCloud, I'm confident there are many more iPhone users with the Files app than with the Dropbox app. If they added a "Dropbox" metadata, that would organically return it on a search for "Dropbox", and being popular (and well rated presumably?) might float it up above the actual app named Dropbox. Although it bugs me in general that an App Store search for an exact name doesn't always put the app with that exact name first, app search has worked that way for awhile, and it isn't implausible to me that this specific thing happened as described.
  • bryan0 5y ago
    Apple’s statement is pretty clearly corporate BS because the internal email makes it clear the primary reason for the biased search results was the “manual boost” > “We are removing the manual boost and the search results should be more relevant now,” wrote Apple app search lead Debankur Naskar
  • saagarjha 5y ago
    > It's a given that Files is downloaded much more often than Dropbox I doubt it, given that it ships with iOS.