Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine?

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine?
Date	2024-12-02 21:24 +0100
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On 2024-12-02 17:27, Andrew wrote:
> Carlos E.R. wrote on Mon, 2 Dec 2024 13:58:02 +0100 :
> 
>>  that's a silly question,
> 
> No it's not. None of you have any idea how bad the Google Play Store search
> is, and, even worse, none of you realize how bad its filtering system is.
> 
>>  and you know the answer except for your bias.
> 
> Bias? You mean the bias to get the best apps possible off the Google Play
> Store repository? Why would anyone NOT have that very same "bias" goal?
> 
>> Because it is the default app for searching and installing apps. 
> 
> Being the default doesn't mean it's good, Carlos.

So what, Arlen?
You asked "Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine?", not 
why people do not use the best app search engine.

> 
> Even you should know that.
> 
> The Google Play Store search is like having a dictionary with ten thousand
> words in it whereas the actual GPS repository has a million words in it.
> 
>> And of course, that it requires a login is of absolutely no importance 
>> to the majority of people (except you).
> 
> Remove the word "requires" and that sentence will be fine.

Nope. It is designed to work with a login, for search and install. Maybe 
you trick it into installing, but most people don't do that.

> 
> But even you should know there's no requirement to have a Google Account on
> the phone to download & install apps from the Google Play Store repository.
> 
> Most of my 900 or so apps on my phone at this moment are from the Google
> Play Store repository and I do NOT have a Google Account set on my phone.
> 
>>> Why don't people use a far better search engine that actually finds apps
>>> based on extremely powerful comprehensive search criteria & which
>>> efficiently filters apps based on equally powerful vast filtering 
>>> criteria?
>>>
>>> Why do people use just about the dumbest possible search engine instead?
>>>
>>> I don't get it.
>>> Is it because that's all they know?
>>>
>>> Why can't they install what I consider the best Android app ever 
>>> written?
>>>   <https://skyica.com/appfinder/get/>
>>
>> Why would we know about it?
> 
> There's a Dunning-Kruger concept for the people on the left side of the
> first quartile marker which is people who "think" they know it all, and
> yet, they know so little that they don't even know what they don't know.
> 
> That's most people when it comes to Android Google Play Store repository
> searches, but it's NOT supposed to be people on this technical newsgroup.
> 
> Skyica has been discussed *many* times on this newsgroup, so if folks
> missed it, then that says a lot about their lack of ability to learn.

I don't read all messages. Specifically, I don't read all your messages, 
and I don't read them complete, because you talk way too much. :-)

I don't read either all the complete messages of anybody, of course. But 
you being so prolific, you are probably the most affected.

My time and my patience are limited.


So no, I don't remember ever reading about skika or it being so good.


> All I'm asking is why would anyone use the atrociously horrid Google Play
> Store search & even more pathetic filters, when they don't have to?

I told you. It is the default app. It is there. It is gratis. It works. 
We don't know of another tool that is better.

And no, when I search for an app I ask here. I prefer human knowledge.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 04:40 +0000
  Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-01 23:19 -0600
    Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 05:51 +0000
      Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-02 01:23 -0600
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-02 07:54 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-02 11:15 +0000
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 16:40 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 16:19 +0000
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 17:03 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-02 13:42 -0600
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 01:23 +0000
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2024-12-03 07:59 +0000
  Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-02 13:58 +0100
    Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 16:27 +0000
      Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-02 21:24 +0100
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 01:40 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-03 14:39 +0100
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-04 04:38 +0000
              Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:57 +0100
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:30 +0000
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-05 09:11 -0600
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 19:09 +0100
      Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-02 15:35 -0600
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-02 23:26 +0100
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 01:55 +0000
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 01:48 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-02 21:02 -0600
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 03:25 +0000
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-03 14:41 +0100
              Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-04 04:42 +0000
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-04 13:02 -0600
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-04 20:13 +0100
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:39 +0000
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 19:10 +0100
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:37 +0000
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-05 09:08 -0600
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 19:11 +0100
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-06 11:08 +0000
  Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2024-12-02 15:02 +0000
  Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-02 23:54 +0100
    Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 02:06 +0000
      Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-03 16:40 +0100
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-03 16:40 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-04 05:01 +0000
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:57 +0100
              Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-04 13:05 -0600
                Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:42 +0000
        Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-04 04:53 +0000
          Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-04 13:41 -0600
            Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-05 06:47 +0000
              Re: Why do people use the Google Play Store search engine? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-05 09:11 -0600

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