▲ 80 ▼ Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Shialac@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) And here I thought they only rank whoever pays the most in any relevant way permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) How else would all that free2play garbage always be ranked at the very top. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] torvusbogpod@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They all have such predicable names too: War of Heroes: King Battle The Great City: Global War Arena of Warriors: Fire Multiplayer I just made all three of those up, but I bet you there are games with names similar or even identical to that on the Play Store right now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago You are totally right, there is a boatload of shovelware free2play/pay2win games on the Play Store. They all sound the same, they probably all are the same. I get the feeling that these games are auto-generated. Just have the same base game and swap out strings and maybe assets, autogenerate a new title and publish it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) How else would all that free2play garbage always be ranked at the very top. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] torvusbogpod@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They all have such predicable names too: War of Heroes: King Battle The Great City: Global War Arena of Warriors: Fire Multiplayer I just made all three of those up, but I bet you there are games with names similar or even identical to that on the Play Store right now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago You are totally right, there is a boatload of shovelware free2play/pay2win games on the Play Store. They all sound the same, they probably all are the same. I get the feeling that these games are auto-generated. Just have the same base game and swap out strings and maybe assets, autogenerate a new title and publish it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] torvusbogpod@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They all have such predicable names too: War of Heroes: King Battle The Great City: Global War Arena of Warriors: Fire Multiplayer I just made all three of those up, but I bet you there are games with names similar or even identical to that on the Play Store right now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago You are totally right, there is a boatload of shovelware free2play/pay2win games on the Play Store. They all sound the same, they probably all are the same. I get the feeling that these games are auto-generated. Just have the same base game and swap out strings and maybe assets, autogenerate a new title and publish it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago You are totally right, there is a boatload of shovelware free2play/pay2win games on the Play Store. They all sound the same, they probably all are the same. I get the feeling that these games are auto-generated. Just have the same base game and swap out strings and maybe assets, autogenerate a new title and publish it. permalink fedilink source parent