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.

  • lazynooblet
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    1 year ago

    Probably easier to tell if there were images. Why are they missing

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      1 year ago

      Also pretty easy to tell by the large, bolded, SPONSORED text on the top left.

      Especially since English is read top left to bottom right.

      I’m all for calling out shit, but this can’t really be more obvious.

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        1 year ago

        Nobody fucking reads text. Its muscle memory. Google trained people to expect the correct result. It’s fucking bullshit that people like you point out “iT SaYs SpONsorED!”

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        I have no idea why you are being downvoted. It isn’t even deceptive as the post implies. Scummy? 1000%. Deceptive? No.