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JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ah, this one:

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  It’s by design!

  Either buy ads for your own brand…

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  …or someone else will:

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  • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ads in these app stores are a fucking cancer. If the search query is an exact match with the app name, the sensible thing to do is make that app always come first. I guess that won’t pay the bills though.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They only take 30%, they need the ads(!!) :’(

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    • IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I refuse to search in the App Store for this exact reason. Search on Google gives me the direct link to the App in need.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That said, if you’re searching for LastPass, getting 1password as a result is better.

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• BlueLou@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I recently ran through an MFA enforcement campaign and had to build that app into my instructions. “Make sure it’s the Microsoft authenticator, not the first result in the paid ad slot” because so many people were installing that app. I do deal with pretty low levels of tech savvyness, but still.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The word for “savvyness” is “savvy”. It is both an adjective and a noun.

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    • BlueLou@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      TIL

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• Merlin404@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hade a user doing the same thing, orr a couple of users… apple just works, yeah sure

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