Thats fine for someone to say with no apps in the app store.
His previous app kept around 7 - 8 in his category chart and so he definitely benefited from the top charts.
Giving total exposure control to Apple would be an absolute nightmare for most developers that didnt have the exposure Marco does.
There are plenty of good apps, that Apple arent sometimes interested in, that users are, that do well by climbing the charts rather than being picked by some guy in Cupertino.
Yes, because he's a pretty well known and pretty well connected blogger/dev in the Apple community. He would have gotten 'editorially selected' in his scenario on the first day.
I agree Apple shouldn't have total exposure control.
That doesn't mean that Top Charts is not intrinsically broken. Third parties game the top charts just as much (Or even more) then Apple does. In fact Apple is working towards a system that doesn't have any third party or first party control, Apps Near Me.
His previous app kept around 7 - 8 in his category chart and so he definitely benefited from the top charts.
Giving total exposure control to Apple would be an absolute nightmare for most developers that didnt have the exposure Marco does.
There are plenty of good apps, that Apple arent sometimes interested in, that users are, that do well by climbing the charts rather than being picked by some guy in Cupertino.
Marco is completely out of touch.