““Dropbox wasn’t even visible on the first page [of search results],” Sweeney wrote.”
In 2019 Apple swore its App Store search was a 42-variable algorithm with no manual tweaks. An email from the Epic trial shows a “manual boost” for Files over Dropbox that ran 11 months. Apple now calls it a simple mistake. The App Store VP’s response was to ask that future boosts go through him.