Maybe Google could institute a better search function, like by Price/Free, Date, Category, etc. They are a Search Engine, maybe activate that on your scammy Play Store.
Thing is, there actually are some good basic apps out there. Things like pomodoro timers with no ads or tracking. Super basic but useful, and hard yobfind because they get buried below other ‘slick’ versions stuffed with ads and trackers.
That’s why it’s better to download as many apps as possible from F-Droid. All apps are Free Open Source and checked for anti-features (like ads, tracking, etc.). Lots of basic (and not so basic) apps which are ad free, tracker-free and free to advertise that way.
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That’s good
Epic Games Store and Fortnite is a low quality app in their opinion.
And maybe all Meta apps too
Nintendo could use to do the same.
Maybe Google could institute a better search function, like by Price/Free, Date, Category, etc. They are a Search Engine, maybe activate that on your scammy Play Store.
Best we can do is more scammy suggestions(Ads) when you use the search bar in play store. - Google
Wouldn’t that leave like 3 apps on the srore
Sick burn. It’s just garbage on there except for the big players.
Thing is, there actually are some good basic apps out there. Things like pomodoro timers with no ads or tracking. Super basic but useful, and hard yobfind because they get buried below other ‘slick’ versions stuffed with ads and trackers.
Not only that, it’s outright against the rules to “market” on the playstore as ad-free
Really? I shouldn’t be surprised but that’s depressing. I’m happy to pay for good apps mind
That’s why it’s better to download as many apps as possible from F-Droid. All apps are Free Open Source and checked for anti-features (like ads, tracking, etc.). Lots of basic (and not so basic) apps which are ad free, tracker-free and free to advertise that way.
So we will be having an annual purge from now on?
Frequently unresponsive or very unstable apps shouldn’t have been in the Play store in the 1st place.
Anyway, to the Play store’s credit, I downloaded many bank apps and I never got a fake bank app.