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Google Play wants to make it easier to discover new apps and great content (www.androidfaithful.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Main Highlights of the article:

  1. The new "Collections" widget shows content from your favorite apps right on your home screen

  2. The Play Store is adding a dedicated tab for Comics

  3. Google Play Points members can enter to win free hardware each week

  4. Google will let you control which apps contribute to your personalized Play Store experience

  5. Play up to 4 games at the same time with this Google Play Games on PC update

  6. New games are available through Google Play Pass, which is 80% off for a limited time

  7. Personalize your game searches with multi-select interest filters

  8. Use AI to compare apps

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Remove all the ad spots then!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Haha, that will be $5-10 per month. What do you say?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Honestly, they should offer an ad-free Play Store experience with Google One.

[–] kitnaht 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No it doesn't; they just moved the search bar to its own dedicated page, requiring a click.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Headline should read Google forces people to interact infinitely more with their overcomplicated shitstore.

[–] absquatulate 10 points 7 months ago

Ladies and gents, this is what you get when an industry stops innovating. Moving search bars up and down, adding endless "summary" pages, obfuscating pages behind others etc

[–] breakingcups 9 points 7 months ago

Look, I'm satiated, I don't need to discover new apps nor great content through Google Play. Most apps are trash and I've never bought content through Google Play.

[–] BradleyUffner 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How about giving us a way to filter away everything that involves in-app purchases and advertisements?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

F-droid is what you want

[–] BradleyUffner 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've used them in the past for specific things, but I'm not sure I entirely trust them as a general app store yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

But you trust Google? F-droid apps are apps that respect your freedom

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Personally, I feel. The comics tab, ability to win Pixel hardware(in supported regions), personalized game searches sound good. Others are okay.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://f-droid.org/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I love f-droid for what it is, but discovery is not one of it’s strong suits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It is way better than Google play. You can scroll by category or search for a specific app. The apps you find are actually ethical and not some malware/spyware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

User ratings and sort by popularity are the two major missing features. I can use it the way it is, but it could be so much better!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

By "new apps and great content," do you mean new apps and great content for me to enjoy and have genuinely good experiences with, or just new apps and great content for me to buy through you?

[–] hperrin 2 points 7 months ago

I’m really not looking to add a bunch more apps. I kind of want to get rid of the ones I have.