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Posted by ksec 7 hours ago

Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and results(9to5mac.com)
251 points | 168 commentspage 3
phreack 4 hours ago|
If an iPhone is going to be as bad as an Android like that then what's the point. The "premium" feeling is eroded like this.
seabass 4 hours ago||
Feels short sighted. Every such change gets me closer to ditching the ecosystem altogether.
CGMthrowaway 3 hours ago||
Do people actually use the app store? Are we not all just searching in spotlight and clicking the first app that comes up (as long as it has 100K/1mil+ downloads) ?
JKCalhoun 6 hours ago||
En-something-ification…
ivell 4 hours ago|
En-adification. Or just adification. Can also use adified.
nottorp 2 hours ago||
Seriously? Already the only thing that makes ads distinguishable from results is that you search for "microsoft authenticator" and the first result is ... something else.

They do have an unnoticeable "this is an ad" tiny text somewhere. Are they talking about removing even that?

mrweasel 6 hours ago||
The lines where pretty blurred already. If you search for the exact name of an app, I think that needs to go first in the results, the ads can be the third or forth. Having ads show up before the "correct" app is incredibly dangerous in a world where so much of our digital life is in various apps. Often the people see is actively trying to trick people into installing the wrong thing, making the ad less visible is going to get a lot of people scammed.

How the hell Apple does not see this is beyond me. All of their fancy security in iOS is worthless if they allow people to be tricked into installing scam-ware.

DonHopkins 4 hours ago||
Liquid Glass was always about blurring the line.
codeulike 5 hours ago||
What cant i search for paid apps
journal 5 hours ago|
i don't remember last time i was in the app store.
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