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Google isn't immune either I suspect. Before the app store, I discovered a google search scam for usps change of address. You can fill that out for free at usps
by sjg007 6y ago
Google isn't immune either I suspect. Before the app store, I discovered a google search scam for usps change of address. You can fill that out for free at usps.com or in the post office, but if you search for it, a bunch of scammy providers offered to do it for you for $20. They were buying google ads so that their links appeared before the usps. They would come from somewhat legit looking domains too. I think part of the issue is that usps.com is the official site vs usps.gov.
- WesolyKubeczek 6y agoGoogle's Play Store is a cesspit at times, frankly speaking. But you enter it with low expectations since they don't advertise it to you as a walled garden experience, curation by hand, artisanal repackaging, and whatnot, and you tune your buyer beware sense to 11. On the other hand, Apple's like a restaurant that promises you clean and superior experience, you enter, it's clean and tidy indeed, but then you suddenly get served a smelly smoked herring wrapped in an old stained newspaper, and get charged $199 for it on top.
- sjg007 6y agoI think buyer beware isn't really effective for the general public. As techies, sure, but for everyone else? There's a reason this app is making $5m a month.