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by ghempton 5438 days ago
Lots of larger studios actually pay to acquire installs of their app to get an initial placement on the charts and to drive organic growth from there. In that context, 101k new users for free is very valuable.
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But it didn't get any growth (at least the 5 next days) and it is costing them server money to provide service to these new users