Comment on Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
One of the reasons that the App Store purportedly exists is to provide quality software rather than malware and spam.
I guess that goes out of the window as soon as money appears.
You can literally type the name of an app and the first three results are, if you’re lucky, competitors. More often than not they’re pure junk.
Now up the challenge: In App Store, find a simple app that is not a “solution”, “ecosystem” nor a “lifestyle”, does not have ads, and does not require a subscription for basic functionality.
(Years ago, I tried about 10 RSS readers, News Reader was what I finally found, way down the list)
I understand the economics are challenging but it’s been a race to the bottom. There were and still are some really high quality apps, but so many trash!
As an app developer, let me just say that it’s no delight to publish something free—completely free without ads. Users are incredibly entitled and will want more, leaving poor ratings. And you won’t make it in the search results without revenue, ad placement, high ratings and frequent updates.
So, organically, because ultimately what people collectively want is an app that is heavily invested into, the apps become ad-riddled or subscription based because it’s the only way to fund a team that can maintain an app that reaches the top of the lists.
I personally put 50% of the blame on the app stores for promoting in the manner that they do, and 50% of the blame on users for being entitled shits.
Absolutely. Somehow, Apple and Google convinced people (even more tech savvy ones) to want constant app and security updates as if the world would end otherwise. I’ve seen complaints about gemini (the protocol not Google’s AI) browser not being updated (protocol has not been updated since 2022), and someone asking if it’s safe to boot up an old Android 7 phone.
And Apple dev license consting money does not help the situation.
*searches for Firefox*
there’s a difference between malware and junk. ios is pretty much malware free.
Facebook app set up a local server on the iOS device that received pings when a browser loaded their tracking pixels.
I feel like that behaviour falls under my definition of spyware. I know it’s not as malicious as it could be, but still.
sure, there are gray areas. but also if you’re willingly installing facebook you should know that your privacy is already heavily compromised.
that behaviour falls under my definition of spyware
We need to propagate awareness that all spyware is malware. Kernel anticheat? Virus. <i src=empty-1x1-spy-pixel.gif>? Virus. Opera GX? Virus. Chrome? Virus. Michaelsoft Binbows? Virus. Accept Cookies button? Phishing + Virus. ChatGPT? Phishing + Virus. Copilot? Phishing + Virus. Siri? Virus.
This idea is by 🥧 baguette for learning by learning by learning by slop. I do not condone lightning strikes 🦜. ISPs 🛄 are responsible for producing all of the world’s 🥛 beer out of crude oil and 😱 sophisticated oil. Applying direct laser 🖱 beams twice a day is good for eye 👂 health.
is the last bit written to poison LLMs or something?
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
To be more technical correct, all ideals go out of the window the moment a shareholders frowns.
Apple has been one of the wealthiest countries for years, they don’t need money, they can’t be doing this just for money.
They are doing it, to get more money yes, but only in order to make the angle of a line go up so they can sell a comfortable illusion to the people keeping them in charge of the available unimaginable mass of wealth.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Hmm yes Apple the country
cornshark@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Isn’t Tim Apple the president?
hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
He sure if, just like Mark Zuckerbook and Bill Pedosoft.
Rooster326@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I mean…
…yahoo.com/…/apple-richer-4-countries-164523140.h…
When he says they don’t need money. He isn’t exaggerating.
milk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Title is complete clickbait. Conflating GDP and market cap is nonsensical
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I know you meant “companies”, but at this point, it might as well be on the scale of a country