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Google’s Play Store wants to pivot from grab-and-go to an active destination (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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If multi-app shopping doesn't keep you there, maybe free Pixel gear will.

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[–] gjoel 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I agree. If I want a kind of app, not knowing it by name, it's nigh impossible to find anything useful.

But then, we're talking about Google, who is using their video platform to spam the world with ads for games that don't exist, saying that they are spamming the world with ads for games that don't exist (but not this one (yes, also this one)), for Google's own platform. They are not trustworthy on what to get!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Or even if you do know it by name, it won't show you that one first-- No no, it will show you 3-5 sponsored copycats first, then down below the fold, you can find the app with the exact name you searched for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I can't wait until the malware operators figure out how to manipulate the results to serve malware