They’ve started inserting a subtle ad as the first result instead of the actual app you’re searching for.

This has to have been a change over the last month or two I feel like?

I’m having to reprogram myself to view the first result as irrelevant. Really makes me want to increase the F-Droid alternatives that I use.

  • jawa21@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    I have no idea why you are being downvoted. It isn’t even deceptive as the post implies. Scummy? 1000%. Deceptive? No.

    • macattack@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      As someone mentioned earlier, it’s a dark pattern, which is inherently deceptive. It’s the same as if an app creator moved the order of the Accept/Decline buttons suddenly to get more people to unintentionally enroll in subscriptions

    • PolarEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Because Lemmy is full of insufferable entitled assholes.