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Ads upon ads upon ads

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿคข

[โ€“] [email protected] 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

https://postimg.cc/CdqZRDt1

This doesn't happen to me on my phone, appears to be a glitch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What was Heartless Ansem's famous quote again? Oh yeah. "And now darkness within darkness awaits you." But ads instead of darkness.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thats the price to pay for convenience.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use Aurora store with Google play sign in. So i've never noticed any ads lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I am really lately hating my android phone and the targeted ads disguised as "Article I might be interested in" in the google now section of my phone.

I'm tempted to switch to an iphone but I realize the same problems exist over there too. We need a new mobileOS....with blackjack

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use a shortcut for "My ~~ads~~ apps" so that I don't go through the home screen when I want to get updates; sadly, it wouldn't help when searching for new apps.

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