There's a microscopic chance they accidentally make it better because for the last 10+ years it's hard to find apps even when you know the name and publisher.
I have mostly relied on third party sites where you can filter for apps without ads, or even better use F-Droid.
I feel like Google and Microsoft are speedrunning the enshittification, which is great because it will make it easier to convince EU lawmakers that they need to be stopped and or replaced. If they had continued slowly boiling us, then this would have become much harder.
MS desperately wants everyone on windows 11 so thier copilot, AI can be shoved down everyones throat, so they can datamine all your activity and sell it to stave off when the bubble burst. and google on the pixel since 6-10.
Had to install play store a couple days ago to get a banking app. If I spent 5 more mins doing that, I would have gotten a seizure from the amount of ads and garbage on that. It feels almost illegal and surprising how many people seem perfectly fine with that.
I did tech support on the phone and sometimes I needed to guide people into installing the RSA Authenticator app for 2FA. I ended up describing the icon just to be sure people would install the right app, because even if they type its full name, the sponsored result will be first, and it's not what we want.
I type the EXACT name of what I want and the store still proposes another app as the first result. Such a frustrating user experience.
Theoretically, how hard would it be to port Android apps to a Linux phone distro (disregarding that closed source apps simply wouldn't get ported without a meaningful market share)? Or to make a sort of Android compatibility layer for Linux phone?
32 Comments
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 100 pts · 311d
Holy shit please just stop
snooggums@piefed.world · 23 pts · 311d
Hey look, it is my spirit animal.
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 66 pts · 311d
I can’t wait for the bottom to fall out from under all this AI bullshit…
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 46 pts · 311d
There's a microscopic chance they accidentally make it better because for the last 10+ years it's hard to find apps even when you know the name and publisher.
I have mostly relied on third party sites where you can filter for apps without ads, or even better use F-Droid.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 37 pts · 311d
I feel like Google and Microsoft are speedrunning the enshittification, which is great because it will make it easier to convince EU lawmakers that they need to be stopped and or replaced. If they had continued slowly boiling us, then this would have become much harder.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 310d
MS desperately wants everyone on windows 11 so thier copilot, AI can be shoved down everyones throat, so they can datamine all your activity and sell it to stave off when the bubble burst. and google on the pixel since 6-10.
CurbCuts@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 310d
It's funny that MS's push for Windows 11 is just pushing people away to Linux.
RogueBanana@piefed.zip · 23 pts · 311d
Had to install play store a couple days ago to get a banking app. If I spent 5 more mins doing that, I would have gotten a seizure from the amount of ads and garbage on that. It feels almost illegal and surprising how many people seem perfectly fine with that.
pedz@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 311d
I did tech support on the phone and sometimes I needed to guide people into installing the RSA Authenticator app for 2FA. I ended up describing the icon just to be sure people would install the right app, because even if they type its full name, the sponsored result will be first, and it's not what we want.
I type the EXACT name of what I want and the store still proposes another app as the first result. Such a frustrating user experience.
al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 311d
Man if it not the best sponsor ad, I get straight up spam, garbage and spyware suggested 24/7
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 311d
Aurora Store can be used in place of the Play Store.
No ads or other shit. You just download and install your apps and move on with your day.
nupo@quokk.au · 2 pts · 310d
Here's hoping the sideloading ban doesn't kill Aurora like it will likely due to F-Droid.
RogueBanana@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 310d
That's what I always do but some banking apps refuses to run if it is not from play store.
reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 311d
Just wish it had 100% uptime. Every once in a while downloads will start failing for no good reason.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 310d
RogueBanana@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 310d
You get ads on official apps from your banks?
besselj@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 311d
More dark patterns. Lovely.
Pondis@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 310d
Can someone PLEASE get on with making a Linux distro for phones that just works.
teolan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
We have that the issue is not mobile apps target Linux
Hazor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d
Theoretically, how hard would it be to port Android apps to a Linux phone distro (disregarding that closed source apps simply wouldn't get ported without a meaningful market share)? Or to make a sort of Android compatibility layer for Linux phone?
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 311d
No longer a concern now that Google has excluded all sane and self-respecting uses from their app store.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 310d
so like maybe 1% lol
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 311d
glad I left that shit two years ago.
fodor@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 311d
They will never, ever, let you filter out everything that has ads or costs money. Their AI will never be that smart.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 311d
This is a big change.
They used to design it around advertising.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 310d
Do you think "timely cultural content" is something other than AI ads?
fodor@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 310d
Used to?
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 310d
They still do too.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 310d
MS and GOOGLE know the bubble is about to burst, thier forcing all thier AI into everything to stem the bleeding of money.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 311d
To make it easier to identify and avoid apps with ai, right?
Like GMO labling at grocery stores?
callcc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
You bet!
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 309d
Whoooo, as of o needed even more reasons to step away from Google?
I feel more and more that in becoming a luddite when it comes to phones and such, which is weird for a developer, i guess
I want to use the phone as a tool, make calls, send emails, watch some videos sometimes, not be a data harvesting machine