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rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoAbout the app thing. The other day I had to download from the Google play store. The app you search for is NEVER the first app in the resulting list. The first slot is always sponsor slot. I consider myself quite tech literate and I have accidentally installed that sponsored app because I searched for an app (with very specific search terms) and without thought selected the first. Google is one step away from that trope of the moving X button to close the ad. It’s infuriating. Now imagine a tech illiterate trying to get an app.
iridebikes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I completely agree. This is infuriating. I have to tell people to NOT download the first one because Google allows the first result to be a fakeware ad. I’ve stopped many people from getting the wrong app.