[gyardley]

It's odd that the author singles out AppGratis for so much ire. There are many, many channels for paid app promotion, and rankings in Apple's app store have been heavily influenced by advertising dollars since the fall of 2008 - long before AppGratis was founded.

The advertising-free 'meritocracy' the author wants has never existed - even before the influx of paid app promotion, Apple could arbitrarily send an app to the top of the paid or free charts simply by featuring it.

[unreal37]

Not only for apps, but for anything in the world. If you spend a lot of money on advertising, your "thing" will sell more copies. True for electronics, cell phones, movies, TV shows, shoes, clothes... you name it.

The author of the original blog post thinks good apps should be decided by Apple and not influenced by advertising. What world does he live in?