Comment by seanhunter
2 years ago
I don't recognize this picture at all. Even if you aren't distinguishing between ads and search results I'm not seeing scams as adverts but there may be a difference between the UK and US app stores in this respect perhaps.
For me on apple UK app store:
my bank - Ad: another legit bank. First result: my bank
Train company - Ad: a generic legit train booking app. First result: the train company
My broker - Ad: another broker. First result: my broker
Official government app for paying my tax - ad: a general tax app. First result: government app.
It stands to reason that they won't show an ad for the thing you're searching when it's the first organic result so I don't find this surprising.
[1] I have two and tried both. Results were the same with a different legit bank as the ad each time.
At what point do we recognize marketing as a sociological disease?
The point where we admit that HN is the patient.
A longtime HN commenter just switched to iOS? Seriously?