A non-discrimination principle for rankings in app stores
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22022536 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Brouwer (University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Internet Policy Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2197-6775 • E-ISSN: 2197-6775 |
| Publisher | Internet Policy Review, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14763/2020.4.1539 |
| OpenAlex | W3116946623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The gatekeeper position of app store operators gives them the power to favour their own and the most popular applications in the rankings of search results. Based on parallels with the non-discrimination principle in the European Union's Regulation on Open Internet Access, this article formulates a list of permitted and forbidden ranking rationales for app store operators. Permitted ranking rationales include text relevance, price, quality and the legality of content. These rationales contrast with the forbidden ranking rationales, such as those based on self-favouring without objective justification and the popularity of applications, which potentially limit consumer choice and distort the digital level playing field
Advertising · Business · Economics · Epistemology · Information retrieval · Internet privacy · Parallels · Political science · Popularity · Principle of legality · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing · Digital Platforms and Economics · Law · Mathematics · Merger and Competition Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |