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While I agree with your sentiment, in this case what Apple is rumoured to be planning is no different than what happens in retail today. For example, your groce

by josho 4y ago

While I agree with your sentiment, in this case what Apple is rumoured to be planning is no different than what happens in retail today. For example, your grocer sells their 'end cap' shelving space (end of aisle--highly visible product placement). Not only that, grocers have moved to stocking their inventory in a highly inefficient approach so that average consumers need to walk every aisle to fill their cart (the Apple comparable is a bad search experience, to lead consumers to paid placement instead). Apple is doing what we already experience in the physical world. If you dislike Apple's changes then the fix is going to have to be general consumer protection laws that apply in real world spaces as well as digital.

AlexandrB 4y ago
The analogy here breaks down because the App Store is not a physical space with "aisles" and "endcaps". The only realistic way to navigate the App Store's millions of apps is with search. It's ok to place paid results for searches like "todo list" or "calendar". But if I search for "Fantastical", I better get "Fantastical.app" as my first result. Not some unrelated bullshit that a competitor has placed there. The latter is the equivalent of me reaching for the Corn Flakes at the store and some guy popping up and shoving Cheerios in my hand instead.
- pjmlp 4y ago
  It would be the same as having Cheerios to pay more, thus Corn Flakes gets demoted to the lower rows, knie level.
  - echelon 4y ago
    Not when you're searching for Cheerios. This type of behavior is new and the patterns were developed by the advertising giants to favor their revenue streams. It's trademark disparagement. It lets platform monopolies take even more revenue from disenfranchised businesses. Businesses that in turn have to cede more control over their storefronts, brands, and operations to these hitherto unrelated tech companies.
    - pjmlp 4y ago
      You will be searching for them alright, and find them, on the bottom row on the supermarket aisle.

by josho 4y ago

AlexandrB 4y ago

The analogy here breaks down because the App Store is not a physical space with "aisles" and "endcaps". The only realistic way to navigate the App Store's millions of apps is with search. It's ok to place paid results for searches like "todo list" or "calendar". But if I search for "Fantastical", I better get "Fantastical.app" as my first result. Not some unrelated bullshit that a competitor has placed there. The latter is the equivalent of me reaching for the Corn Flakes at the store and some guy popping up and shoving Cheerios in my hand instead.

pjmlp 4y ago
It would be the same as having Cheerios to pay more, thus Corn Flakes gets demoted to the lower rows, knie level.
- echelon 4y ago
  Not when you're searching for Cheerios. This type of behavior is new and the patterns were developed by the advertising giants to favor their revenue streams. It's trademark disparagement. It lets platform monopolies take even more revenue from disenfranchised businesses. Businesses that in turn have to cede more control over their storefronts, brands, and operations to these hitherto unrelated tech companies.
  - pjmlp 4y ago
    You will be searching for them alright, and find them, on the bottom row on the supermarket aisle.