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I recently had a discussion with a friend about a similar situation -- incentivized downloads in the App Store to reach high rankings. There is a continuum of a
by diziet 14y ago
I recently had a discussion with a friend about a similar situation -- incentivized downloads in the App Store to reach high rankings. There is a continuum of advertising tactics, from directly buying downloads, to buying placement inside apps that give some benefit for installing an app, to advertising an app in as many places as possible where a lot of users would see it.
They all start with the same input (money) and end up with the same result (more apps installed, higher chart position), just they go about it via different means. Where should the line be drawn?
- demione 14y agoGetting a potential customer to download an app is the single largest hurdle placed at the beginning of the monetization funnel. You could make the argument that since a lot of the incentivized apps are free, it isn't really a laundering operation. The incentivized app only starts bringing in revenue once it convinces a user to start making in-app purchases.