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For a small developer who's just released an iOS app, a position near the top of Apple's App Store rankings could mean the difference between a million dollars in revenue and Top Ramen for dinner. So it's no surprise that some coders try to cheat the system -- and that Apple tries to stop it.
But in the battle between Apple's police and the cheaters who employ automated bots or cheap Chinese labor to boost their rankings, some innocent startups are finding themselves banned from the marketplace -- collateral damage in a high-stakes war with real money on the line.
Now a few of the castoffs are raising their voices to complain about Apple's secretive policies.
"It's hard to tell who is doing this ethically and who isn't," said one source familiar with the cheaters who asked to remain anonymous. "It's hard to believe the big guys aren't manipulating their ranks and that Apple is treating everybody fairly here."
Question: to what extent does this happen in other app stores, and to what extent does it matter?
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