>> Apple agrees to make sure the search results in the App Store are based on objective criteria.
> I cant help but laughed when I was reading it. What were they doing before that?
I assume that's referring to the fact that previously, they occasionally hard-coded certain search terms to show Apple app results before third-party apps, even if the search term was an exact match. [1]
And that "objective" search results means no more hard-coding of exceptions like this to give "partiality" to a particular company or app.
> I cant help but laughed when I was reading it. What were they doing before that?
I assume that's referring to the fact that previously, they occasionally hard-coded certain search terms to show Apple app results before third-party apps, even if the search term was an exact match. [1]
And that "objective" search results means no more hard-coding of exceptions like this to give "partiality" to a particular company or app.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27476206