As a developer the app store just feels kind of rigged, and you will never get a reasoned reply to your concerns.
Here are two examples which aren't revealed by the new transparency report.
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I had 10 solitaire variants. My competitor had 10 variants. New rule 4.3 brought in which is fair enough, except that afterwards Apple removed my solitaire variants but allowed my competitor to keep all of theirs.
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Search for "Chess" on the app store (note I also have a chess app). Why does an old app with a rating of 3 stars and just 18 ratings come above Magnus Carlsen's app with a 5 star rating? He is the number one chess player in the World and his app is superb.
It is exasperating and you will only get a "Thank you for your concerns, we have passed them to the relevant department" kind of reply. You never hear from them again on the subject.
There are 1000s more examples ...
The only way Magnus can rectify this is, I poresume, by buying Apple Search Ads.