I'm on iOS 18, and I've already relayed my story about ad placements appearing for competing products appearing at the top of the search results.
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App Store Search Results to Show More Ads Next Year, Says Apple
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I'm on iOS 18, and I've already relayed my story about ad placements appearing for competing products appearing at the top of the search results.
I’ve been to Vegas many times and yeah it’s highly probable you will find good food in a casino. Looking for a specific app is not difficult.
My first thought was Apple is turning into Google with this.
Well guess who the only real competition is…
It’s a horrible time to be a developer. Not only do you have to pay Apple $99/year, 15-30% of every purchase, now you have to pay just to show up even if someone searches the exact name of your app.
To the people who say government regulation isn’t the answer, how much is too much until it is?
Good food is subjective. And sure, finding a specific app that you know the name of isn't hard, but if you're looking for a tool to solve a problem you're having? You're better off asking Reddit for recommendations than searching the App Store.
Not in Windows 11 Pro (either that, or I have successfully managed to turn them all off). But you have to pay for that, and it is not cheap. The alternative (ads) is worse, in my opinion.
I’ve never understood someone opening the App Store to find an app. I’m much more likely to use a search engine, find the ones that pop up the most, check out a few reviews then click on the dev’s link to download the App. In my mind, the App Store search being worse than searching the literal internet Google or DuckDuckGo is like… “duh, of course it is”.
This is basically the market in operation. There is no hint of monopoly. The dev can promote their app beyond the App Store. In this instance, the App Store acts as a secure and authorative repository. Yes Apple takes a cut.
I honestly think if it was free it would make no difference, the same arguments would have been used by the same commies to break it up. This is what they have done with the energy sector and it is a total disaster, with highest prices ever, and that's not whole story.
In terms of user experience and expectation. If I clicked a link online for an app on my iPhone and it didn't go the App Store. I'd panic.
If this can happen on the Play store story (2019) what can we expect of lesser operators.
11 million devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play
Necro infiltrated Google Play in 2019. It recently returned.
arstechnica.com
While this is absolutely true, what’s mind boggling is the number of Apple users here who still advocate for Apple, make excuses and continue to take the company’s side on such issues.
It’s a disgusting display of those willing to abandon critical thinking and submit to the Cupertino companies dominance. They open their wallets and hand over their money without a second thought.
I just tried searching for Grok in the Mac App Store. I scrolled through all 106 results and still never saw it. #1 was Perplexity, #2 was an AI Chatbot supposedly using Grok, and #3 was Canva. Canva?!
Yes, Search has always been a weak point for Apple. And the App Store exemplifies that. Don't even get me started about Search - this is the reason I despise using Apple Music as well. Searching and sorting and filtering are all hobbled in Apple's platforms IMO.
It’s shocking to me that there are people who downvote this.
It’s surreal to think there are customers out there that are so far up apples ***, they will defend any decision they make, even if it comes at the cost of their own users experience.