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The state of Playstore(lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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Ads upon ads upon ads!

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Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca
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You’re still using it, so they’re gonna keep doing it.

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svotay@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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I try to avoid using the official app as much as possible, usually manage with Aurora store, thats why it stood out to me how bad it has become of late when I just went to update my game. Not shocking, but disheartening.

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chepox@sopuli.xyz
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Yikes. That is horrible. How can an upper level exec look at that and say: Yes! That’s exactly what I was looking for!

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rockinadios@lemmy.world
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Money

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Lypropos@beehaw.org
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90% of that page is revenue generation, they’d be happy to increase that number! You only need a few pixels to see what you actually want to do.

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bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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They use an iPhone

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LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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They look at their fat paychecks + golden parachutes and say: Yes! That’s exactly what I was looking for!

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Mike Stevens 🇦🇺 S23U@lemdro.idM
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You don’t… You don’t think any exec cares about user experience, do you? Well, they do, but only to the extent that everything they do is just below our threshold for leaving in outrage.

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dantheclamman@lemmy.world
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they don’t care, as long as the users are captured and unable to switch to something else. and unlike with iOS, they have the figleaf of side-loading to protect themselves, even though 90% of users won’t pursue it. so pressure from the EU will be minimal even as the user experience continues to degrade

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Papamousse@beehaw.org
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Wow it looks like I haven’t used the playstore for a long time now… I guess I install app from a link in a web browser or github page or something, but searching and browsing the playstore I have not done in years.

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svotay@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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Yeah precisely what I went through also, I have f-droid, Aurora store, even obtainium for those apps you usually get updates directly on their GitHub pages, going back to the Playstore has been a eye opener.

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sthunforgivable@lemmy.world
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And I thought the iOS App Store was bad … This is on another level.

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NightOwl@lemmy.one
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iOS is bad when it comes to trying to find apps that aren’t trying to shove subscription plans. They seem to push it like youtubers begging you to like and subscribe. No ‘Contains ads’ notice either, so it was the first time I discovered that talking video ads exist.

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