Seriously? Another Google “Innovation”?

Right, so Google decided their Play Store wasn’t sufficiently bloated and useless already. They’ve slapped some AI onto it like a band-aid on a gaping wound. Apparently, now the store will *suggest* apps based on what you’re looking at in screenshots. Groundbreaking. Absolutely fucking groundbreaking. Like I haven’t seen that shit everywhere else for years.

They’re also letting developers showcase more “immersive” videos – because everyone loves unskippable ads disguised as previews, right? And get this: they’re trying to make app descriptions less…descriptive and more “AI-powered summaries”. So basically, fewer actual details and more corporate buzzword vomit. Fantastic.

Oh, and a new “Play Spotlight” section for curated apps. Because what we *really* need is Google telling us what’s good instead of letting us decide ourselves. They’re even adding some “interactive” stuff to app pages. More things to break, more tracking, more reasons to regret installing anything. They claim it’s about “discovery”, I say it’s about control.

And naturally, they’re pushing their subscription model harder. Because everything has to be a monthly fee these days. It’s all just another way for them to squeeze more money out of users and developers. Don’t even get me started on the “data safety” section improvements… as if *that* will actually stop anything.

Honestly, it feels less like an improvement and more like a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that the Play Store is still a festering pit of malware and poorly optimized garbage. But hey, at least they added some AI. That fixes everything, right?

Source: TechCrunch

Related Anecdote (Because You Asked)

I once had to debug a system where the error logs were replaced with inspirational quotes. The sysadmin thought it would “improve morale”. It didn’t. This Google thing feels about that useful. Just replace actual information with useless fluff and call it progress.

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