Same on Android.

Except on Android when you search for something and you get the big "match found" with "install" button, it's an ad and the real result is hidden like a search result.

This practice ought to be illegal. These are trademarks, and monopolies are injecting themselves as market makers in a bidding war they created.

This isn't enshittification. This is Roman Empire collapse. It doesn't work anymore.

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hu3 a day ago | parent [-]

At least in Android you can use F-Droid which is Play Store for open-source apps.

I installed a regex powered notification blocker yesterday. Works as a charm.

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echelon 21 hours ago | parent [-]

For now, and only but a tiny fraction of you.

99.99% of users never visit the settings. For those that do, they won't get past scare wall #1 of enabling APKs and scare walls #2, #3, and #4 of downloading, installing, and enabling the app.

Google knows this.

Tyranny of defaults, trained user behaviors, ecosystem, scare tactics, and even SERPs manipulation to make this nigh undiscoverable.

But they weren't content with some number of you slipping through the cracks! They're starting to close the ability to release unsigned and self-signed code. You can only imagine what's after that.

	▲	hu3 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed. Far from enough. But at least there's an option for tech savvy folks.