Typing in the exact name of an app, and selecting it from the auto-complete dropdown list in the search bar, gives me the results pictured. (And I’m totally OK with search ads here, but none of these are ads!)
“Fin- budget tracker” in the search bar, and I have to scroll past Mint, YNAB, and Monefy to see the one I LITERALLY JUST PICKED FROM A LIST. 🙄
@jimmylittle i use the app store as little as possible because it so hard to find things; but i guess somebody must browse endlessly and wind up with 50 apps installed…
@UP8 Same. Generally, I’m clicking on a link somewhere to be directed to what I want. In this case, I saw a story in my RSS feed on my work Mac, and looked for the app on my iPhone.
@jimmylittle seems I'm going on a bit of an Apple rant today.
It's working exactly as intended.
Maxim used to be if you're not paying, you're the product.
That needs to be updated: if they can extract value from you in any way, you're the product. Cory Doctorow enshittification essay.
I hear family complain about an update that made things worse. I suggest an alternative. The responses I get might as well be, "yes he hits me, but if I leave him where will I go?"
@jimmylittle Bad enough for you to choose an alternative?
Hate to be blunt, but even if your answer is yes, they've bet that most people will complain and then forget about it.
They've done the math and determined they don't have to care. Nobody's gonna get a bonus for fixing search because it won't have a measurable impact on any KPI.
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