Comment on Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge

• Prandom_returns@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think they’re just have choice paralysis. There’s too much stuff on Android, and picking something is really rather anoying.

  Something like a Gallery. There’s probably a 1000 galleries on Play Store, 50% of them are “my first app”, that display a fullscreen ad every other photo.

  You have to know what you want, research it, then get it. Non-nerds don’t really care about that.

  My guess. I’m a nerd who does care about all that.

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  • gunpachi@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You do have a point, but each App’s play store page itself shows whether it has ads or in-app purchases. One can use that as an indicator for selecting an app. So people just need to pay attention to the small text right below the App’s title

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    Then there is always f-droid . You can find really good quality software without ads in fdroid. I rarely use the play store these days (except when I have to update whatsapp and banking apps)

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    • Prandom_returns@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Again, you’re telling this to an android nerd. I’m aware.

      I’m speaking from a perspective of an average joe, who is 100% not aware of the existance of F-droid or is convinced that it’s malware.

      I’m also don’t expect people sift through hundreds of apps, opening each page and checking permissions/ads/reviews.

      People install apps either because they’ve heard about it on TV/whatever, or a friend told them to install this specific app.

      This is why people rely on default apps, and compare “phones” based on that.

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• aniki@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I will confess I used Google podcasts for years not realizing that the FOSS alternatives were MASSIVE improvements.

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