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. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦

  • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
    2914·
    3 months ago

    Are you illiterate? My very next sentence was:

    However, the Play Store is undoubtedly trash and anti-consumer which is why I primarily use the Aurora Store even on non-deGoogled phones.

    • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
      3411·
      3 months ago

      If the practices are predatory, blaming the user is excusing the predatory practices. Bragging about how you use something else in that context is doubling down on blaming the user instead of the practices.

      So no, I am not illiterate. You ahould have just left off the sentence blaming the victim.

      • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
        117·
        3 months ago

        is doubling down on blaming the user instead of the practices

        They blamed both, though.

        • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
          166·
          3 months ago

          Blaming a user for falling for malicious practices designed by multibillion dollars companies is like blaming the victim of a hit and run. “It was their fault for using the crosswalk, but the driver was also wrong for not stopping.”

          Both sides!

          • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1211·
            3 months ago

            Yeah, no one should have to look at what they’re doing to stop themselves from making mistakes! Everyone should be able to blindly make decisions and they should always be correct!