Submitted by jeffsmith202 t3_119ho28 in technology
Triiviium t1_j9mdm2i wrote
The Google play store feels like the Wild West, it’s crazy how little moderation there is. It’s been like that for so long.
Stanjoly2 t1_j9o6ysa wrote
Because to Google all moderation does is cost money. They're never held accountable for anything - Any fines they may get (do they get any?) - as long as that comes out to less than it would cost to pay for however many moderators it would take, they'll never fix it.
SmellyCarcass69 t1_j9n6cqr wrote
The Microsoft store on pc 7 years ago has entered the chat
leopard_tights t1_j9nhgnr wrote
When I was in college the Microsoft evangelists would come giving talks and gifting everyone in attendance physical Xbox games, and they were so desperate to get the store going that they'd beg for us to develop any app. One guy even said that we could just clone the example calculator app, change the name and the logo and upload it like that.
SmellyCarcass69 t1_j9phx2g wrote
That makes so much sense
Triiviium t1_j9nqd37 wrote
It’s still not that good either to this day lol
Dazz316 t1_j9nw9e9 wrote
It works well and ties into windows decently. It also is covered in less shit than it used to be. But it just needs more attention from developers and pushed over just running exes and msis.
Demonicplaydoh t1_j9osq4s wrote
Lol it doesn't need to exist so if prefer it wasn't pushed
Dazz316 t1_j9otqxi wrote
I'm a PC guy but I like the app store on MacOS, iOS and Android. It works really well, with android, iOS and windows having options to install differently.
A centralized update and install location is a great idea and works brilliantly. If Windows Store could get more attention and get up and running then that would make things a look easier and smoother. Not having 24 update services running on your PC but instead like 3 plus the rest via Microsoft store would be great.
And that wouldn't be to replace exe's and msi's but work alongside.
almisami t1_j9pyopw wrote
I still don't get why M$ can't have a linux-style repository... I legit thought that was what the M$ Store was supposed to be.
almisami t1_j9px2zi wrote
Even that, they really needed to curate their shit better.
Hell they should have a service, paid by the developper, where you could get your app "Microsoft approved" so that it would be in a different section of the store.
That way I could make it so meemaw and grandpa can actually download VLC on their new PC without pestering me for half a year until I fly over for Thanksgiving.
Simba7 t1_j9op1bb wrote
It's formatted so terribly too. There are just categories.
No tags, no advanced search functionality, can't filter anything out.
Just browse through one of our very few, very broad categories. Don't mind the clones of [POPULAR GAME], just sorta work around them. Oh yeah, and here are a bunch of 'suggested' games that are literally just ads. You'll see those in every category no matter what!
I fucking hate it.
Reasonable_Ticket_84 t1_j9oqhu2 wrote
There definitely is moderation it's just kind of lackluster with uneven application of rules.
KuroiKaze t1_j9ox8sd wrote
It's pretty clear you've never tried to actually get an app out on Google Play.
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