Apple plans to upgrade the App Store’s search engine, and it might not stop there

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/1/23898280/apple-google-pegasus-search-engine-competition-generative-ai

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deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 37 pts · 2y (1 reply)

You mean it will return the thing I searched for instead of ads for competing apps?

Or is this about making it even worse for users so it makes more money for Apple?

willya@lemmyf.uk · 10 pts · 2y

Here’s a great shortcut to skip the App Store search and avoid the ads.

TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y

When users have to Google for apps instead of searching the App Store, it’s time to burn it down and start over.

dinckelman@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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cmbabul@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It boggles my mind that people are still playing Clash of Clans, a few of my friends tried to get me into it in like 2012 so I gave it a shot for like 3 days and then gave it up. How is it still going

dinckelman@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
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GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y

Oh no…not upgrades…! And it might not stop there!? Oh no..

n3er0o@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I hope they bring back the wishlist feature. It's so annoying having to maintain a note with a bunch of links.

DJDarren@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 2y

Yeah, that was such a weird thing to remove.

BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Finally!

Wooster@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Doesn’t matter how powerful the search is if I STILL can’t filter anything.

Nogami@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Highly doubt they’ll ever allow filtering on the important stuff:

  • filter out paid apps
  • allow paid apps but filter out IAPs
  • allow IAPs. but filter out subscriptions.
Wooster@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y

I was more referring to simpler things… like Safari Extensions or Utilities… or even filtering/searching by the app description instead of the over stuffed title.