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by zmitri 4748 days ago
I feel like what you are saying here agrees with the article.

I've had a banner feature on the photo and video section of the app store. It only drives a couple hundred downloads a day. The reality is, the front page in the US is the only section that drives substantial downloads ~50K in a week is possible with 1st or 2nd position. Neither of those things drive great users which is again what Andrew mentioned as building PR hype.

Also believe it or not, our banner feature was more or less dumb luck. I mean, we make a great product, but getting their attention was a lot of luck.