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Tell HN: You can't add “no ads” in your Play Store app's title

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Re: Tell HN: You can't add “no ads” in your Play Store app's title

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Post by ink404 »

PennRobotics wrote: post #2

Google's curation of the Play Store, while protecting their own economic interests, feels a bit like a dark pattern. The fact that adding " n" to most keywords prompts " no ads" in the suggestions shows how popular this is. If I search for "tuner", I get two sponsored results first, then five ad-containing results with average 4.4 rating, then an ad-free app with 4.9 stars. My preference would be searching by rating…

Would prefer max installs filter instead of min to filter out the bigger apps that have budgets for seo

Re: Tell HN: You can't add “no ads” in your Play Store app's title

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Post by fer »

coolgoose wrote: post #9

I always wondered why all these stores are so fucking awful to filter. Is it calculated ?

Yes. I often find Play "hides" deep in the results apps that I had previously bought, even typing their exact name, in hopes I choose another (always paid or with ads) above them.

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Post by quitethelogic »

PrimeDirective wrote: post #6
PennRobotics wrote: post #2

Google's curation of the Play Store, while protecting their own economic interests, feels a bit like a dark pattern. The fact that adding " n" to most keywords prompts " no ads" in the suggestions shows how popular this is. If I search for "tuner", I get two sponsored results first, then five ad-containing results with average 4.4 rating, then an ad-free app with 4.9 stars. My preference would be searching by rating…

Sorry for the offtopic, but can you tell me the name of the ad-less tuner app? I've been searching for one, but the best I found was Fender's. Which is pretty ok, too.

I use TE Tuner and like it. I don't use all the features, but the tuner and metronome are pretty great.

Re: Tell HN: You can't add “no ads” in your Play Store app's title

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Post by PrimeDirective »

tambre wrote: post #8
PrimeDirective wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry for the offtopic, but can you tell me the name of the ad-less tuner app? I've been searching for one, but the best I found was Fender's. Which is pretty ok, too.

I also ended up with Fender's, but it wasn't terribly responsive so eventually purchased a strobe tuner [0]. Has some disadvantages over something like a smartphone, but better for my simple usage. [0]: https://www.thomann.de/intl/ee/peterson_stroboclip_hd.htm

I do have a Boss TU-2, but I'm sometimes in a situation where I'm too lazy to use a cable but have my phone handy (because I record ideas on my phone)

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Post by diogenesjunior »

CynicusRex wrote: post #13

With “Aurora Store” you can filter out apps with ads, paid apps, or GSF dependent apps. Updating apps requires manually pressing “install”, but other than that it's pretty neat.

the problem i faced is that aurora store is disliked by google and my account was terminated. would recommend though.
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