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I have never seen an add or a video on Google Play except a line of "Suggested for you" apps which I guess are paid for? The only videos are after clicking an a

• Marsymars 6y ago
  > I have never seen an add or a video on Google Play except a line of "Suggested for you" apps which I guess are paid for? Yes, those are absolutely ads, they're explicitly labelled as such. And they're not very subtle, there's another double-tall row of them every other page when scrolling through the Play Store. There are also ads for other apps on every app page, and ads for search results. The search result ads are egregious - e.g. if I search for a major bank app, the first several results are for competing banks, they're barely differentiated from the legitimate results, and they're explicitly not what I'm looking for. I feel like I'm at an awful bazaar where I know what I want but slimy merchants keep yelling at me and getting in my way to shove their junk in my face. I'd pay $10/m just to get rid of ads on the Play Store and Google Maps. > The only videos are after clicking an app and then they have never ever started playing automatically. There's a Play Store setting for controlling autoplay of videos. > Neither my OnePlus or Google phones have it. Play Store is a Google App, phone manufacturer has no impact.
• ffpip 6y ago
  When you open the GPlay Store, 50% of the screen is ads. When you open an app listing, the bottom is filled with ads for competitors.