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[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like another way to advertise freemium garbage

[–] bug@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yeah, why would they advertise anyone not paying them?

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well if the mobile gaming market wasnt so awful we might see ads for half decent games that aren't just gonna spam u with IAP ads

[–] bug@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

If those are the things that make money, those are the things with money to spend on ads

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still amazed people use the Google Play store as a discovery mechanism. I only open it when I need to install something specific

[–] UESPA_Sputnik@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're in a bubble. ~99% of the population is not on reddit/lemmy or other android communities where they could discover new apps. They find out about new apps from friends, from news articles, or through the Play Store.

[–] bug@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

You've kind of argued against yourself there, we techies get our recommendation from news articles and friends too (you could consider Reddit/Lemmy as a sort of combo of the two), so if everyone's doing that then you still don't need the play store recommending you stuff!

[–] NECOdes@burggit.moe 1 points 1 year ago

sure why not, everything is TikTok-ified at this point