Micah LeeWhen you search for “mastodon” in the iPhone App Store, the top result is an ad for Truth Social #enshittification
Eugen Rochko@micahflee It's a shame there is seemingly nothing you can do as the app owner to stop this. Maybe buying your own ad for your own keyword, but we don't have money to spend on that.
@Gargron yeah. Apple selling ads that appear first when people search for the name of your app is unethical, and also just makes the experience of iPhones worse
matuzalem@micahflee @Gargron apple has lost the plot.
ninavizz@micahflee @Gargron It's a terrible user experience, and would have never been allowed if the Human Factors practice had remained. Man, they've bummed me out so much over the past 20 years. Man, I'm old. 🤣
Nick Yorke>> Maybe buying your own ad for your own keyword, but we don't have money to spend on that.
Based on Truth Social's financials and stock prices they might not have the money for that soon either. 🙂
Sérgio Machado@Gargron @micahflee maybe starting to giving massively bad reviews …
At least in my country mastodon is listed ok :)
At least in my country mastodon is listed ok :)
Cluster Fcku@Gargron @micahflee you could view this incident as a PR opportunity, and write about it in the blogosphere, in terms of ethics, capitalism, post-twitterism, enshittification, and all what attracts Target Mastodon users. This would work as a positive story about Mastodon because the user bases are practically diametrically opposed.