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The state of Playstore (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Ads upon ads upon ads

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[-] Mr_Buscemi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

The ads are so fucking bad now on Google play.

Now the top part of my search menu shows ads whenever I'm looking for apps.

[-] z3n0x@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Yo dawg, I heard you liked ads ...

[-] Godnroc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The entire app store idea is based around making money. You need look no further than the two sorting options: top free and top paid which translate to with ads and without ads.

[-] grill@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Google play is fucked for many years now. Gone are the days of Gingerbreads, Ice Cream Sandwiches and Jelly Beans.

[-] Saneless@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They also pester you with notifications and they're always some candy crush trash shit

[-] Lordgeoffery@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Double your pleasure double your fun 😉

[-] minorsecond@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Just wondering, is ios any better?

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[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On the App Store, if I search for "Two Dots", the first 2/3 of my screen is filled with "Two Dots" and when I scroll down, I get related apps. And when I scroll down FURTHER, I see ads for other apps.

Android the open-source OS is cool and all. As soon as you involve Google in your Android experience, you're better off getting an iPhone instead. They at least have the common courtesy of giving you a reach-around while they... y'know.

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Also, the frame drops. Oh the frame drops. Searching and app and scrolling down always drops frames since Google switched away from Android Market. I can't imagine how does it still happen to this day lmao.

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Without exception, whenever I search for a specific app I need to Google it because the App Store search function is so utterly shit.
It never just shows me what I'm searching for, it's always shitty predatory apps with a million ads that show up first.

[-] HipPriest@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Nothing new there.

I use Minireview to get game recommendations to bypass searching through the play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=minireview.best.android.games.reviews

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