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The Wall Street Journal magazine came up with a rather interesting claim yesterday, from which it follows that Apple in his App Storu favors all its applications at the expense of the competition. This would probably not be unusual, if this favoritism were not as widespread as it is now. However, the Apple company does not agree with this claim.

Spread between Appleand competitors are nothing new. However, things really took off with new information from the WSJ, according to which Apple's apps were in the top 60% of searches in App Store. As for paid apps, they were reportedly displayed first in 95% of cases during testing. Apple However, he fundamentally disagreed with the survey and made his own, which, of course, spoke in favor of the company. We did not learn the exact results, but according to a close source, they were different. At the same time, the company argued that applications are ranked in searches according to how many users use them, which could make the software from Appto record.

Apple He also outlined the algorithm that drives machine learning. It actively scans App Store and ranks applications according to their importance and frequency, which means that any intention can be ruled out in this case at least based on it. The Apple company allegedly uses 42 factors that the algorithm takes into account, thus preventing targeted influence on the results. Some of the mentioned influences are also the number of downloads, the rating of the application and the behavior of users themselves. Whether these statements are true is a question, it is a matter of word against word. However, it has Apple another dilemma on the list that he would have to explain. Last week, the company had to testify before the United States Congress regarding technology competition, and things aren't much better in Europe. For example, its application, Apple Music a  Apple News, are being investigated for possible policy violations. We'll see if you can figure it out.onec Apple can iron.

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