Ads upon ads upon ads

  • A2PKXG@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Since mobile gaming has died for me anyway, i have no reason to browse the store. For what I use it for, it’s fine. It has the apps i need and updates them.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Play Store peaked back when it was still called Android Market (which I still reckon is a better name). DAE remember this?

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      1 year ago

      Play store sounds like a game marketplace. Also Play has nothing to do with anything in googles brand so its really confusing why its still called that.

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        1 year ago

        They tried having a Play ecosystem with Google Play Video, Music, Games, etc. Music was actually pretty good, so of course Google killed it in favor of YouTube Music, which is terrible and plays YouTube video versions of songs instead of actual album stuff.

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          1 year ago

          Ytm definitely does have album content, wtf are you on about. Yes you can play videos there too, but it’s by no means the default.

          It’s actually pretty good, just wish they did a lossless tier like tidal

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            1 year ago

            It’s mixed. The worst is playlists, which are mostly just YouTube playlists without video. Was trying to play a Disney song playlist for a friend’s kid, and it was definitely from the videos, with all the sound effects from the scenes in the movies instead of just the song.

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    1 year ago

    Just be glad you’re on Android and have alternatives to this. Poor Apple users are stuck with whatever Apple decided to do with the app store.

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    1 year ago

    Google is just a colorful façade. The insides of this bloated monstrosity is filled with ads and sellable user data. It needs to be put out of its misery.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, but the product they sell is You. They’re more like a pimp version of ad companies. But not the racist Hollywood type, you know: funny dressed black guy with a cylinder hat and a cane. No, this one wears wife beaters, takes showers once or twice a month and takes advantage of you every day, and still sells you to the lowest bidder…