app store search is often super bad. it ignores words etc, because they make more money by people not finding what they want and falling back to installing a few promoted apps with extra ads and tracking instead
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tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I just did a search in the store and discovered there are at least 15 separate workout apps published by the same company with the same red icon theming. (men, women, abs, legs, lose weight men, lose weight women…)
Like, what the actual fuck.
I guess when people treat the app store like a search engine we get into the situation where apps become hyper-specific to match the hyper-specific things people are searching for, using individual app names as if they are search results.
I hate it, and I hate the human behaviour that has lead to this being a profitable tactic for app developers.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
The 15 genders. Anyone who’s legs or abs HMU
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Finding an app that focuses on the thing you wanted to do specifically probably gets people to install it better than a generalized app
Iceman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
And takes “shelf space” from competing apps.
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I doubt 98% of them have any real usage. The barrier to entry is low. The play/Apple stores are very healthy and profitable. If course a few smaller app are going to pop up to try and get a cut.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
It may be the same workout app just multiplied for SEO. I don’t think making official dupes is an offence against the rules of said platforms, as these are not unauthorized clones, and spamming apps to appear in every potential search querry is what for-profit companies without a brand recognition would undoubtedly strive for.