Apple says metadata error to blame for Files app boosting controversy
(iMore iPhone)

It comes following suggestions Apple `boosted` the Files app above Dropbox for WWDC 2017. What you need to know Apple claims that a metadata error led to the Files app being `boosted` above Dropbox in its iOS App Store. It follows controversy after internal emails revealed Apple may have given Files a leg up over its rivals in the App Store for WWDC 2017. Apple`s App Store is under intense scrutiny, with search result adverts and favoring of Apple`s own products a big question of debate. Apple says that an error in the metadata of its Files app led to it appearing above Dropbox in the App Store when users searched for the term, following the discovery of internal emails where Apple discussed boosting the app for WWDC. Emails filed as part of the Epic Games vs Apple trial reveal an email Tim Sweeney sent to Apple, complaining about the fact that when he searched for Dropbox on the App Store, he was met with an advert bought by Google and then Apple`s own Files ahead of Dropbox...