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.
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.
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You get ads on official apps from your banks?
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.
Man if it not the best sponsor ad, I get straight up spam, garbage and spyware suggested 24/7
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.
Here’s hoping the sideloading ban doesn’t kill Aurora like it will likely due to F-Droid.
That’s what I always do but some banking apps refuses to run if it is not from play store.
Just wish it had 100% uptime. Every once in a while downloads will start failing for no good reason.