I asked a relative to look for RealVNC on the Play Store and install it. Once they were done, I asked them to fulfill a basic task inside RealVNC and they were really confused by my instructions. I took a look at their phone, lo and behold, they had installed a different app. I asked them to repeat the install procedure while I watched. They punched in "realvnc" in the search box, two identically formatted results appeared. Their finger instinctively clicked the Install button on the top result. It was an ad. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦

a screenshot of a search for realvnc on the Google Play Store, showing an ad above the real result
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Must have something to do with the setting on my phone, I have seen what you are showing before

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago

    Oh this looks closer to what I recall seeing some time ago. I don't visit the Play Store frequently. It could be regional, or user group difference, or perhaps just older/newer version.

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