Ads upon ads upon ads!

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    2 years ago

    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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      2 years ago

      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.

    • Mike Stevens 🇦🇺 S23U@lemdro.idM
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      2 years ago

      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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      2 years ago

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

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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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    2 years ago

    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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    2 years ago

    Like others have said I too gave up on Play Store a long time ago. If I need an app it comes from Github, XDA, F-Droid etc. Obtainium for updates

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    2 years ago

    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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      2 years ago

      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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    2 years ago

    It’s awful. I would never go there to discover an app. I download most apps these days by searching for them from my launcher and then clicking the link to search the playstore for that keyword.

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        2 years ago

        Yeah but you got the large video body from the game you searched for. Seems like this is much better.