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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by macattack@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

They've started inserting a subtle ad as the first result instead of the actual app you're searching for.

This has to have been a change over the last month or two I feel like?

I'm having to reprogram myself to view the first result as irrelevant. Really makes me want to increase the F-Droid alternatives that I use.

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[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I'll just point out this isn't only an Android issue.

If there any IT person here who has had to direct an employee to download the Microsoft authenticator app from the iPhone App Store, you've almost certainly seen that it promotes a deceptively similar looking authenticator above the Microsoft one, and you have to make sure the user knows not to download it.

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I work IT and I hate having to help people with that. I usually bring up a pic of the app's icon so they can compare it.

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