Everyone has experienced apps that tend to disrupt your overall experience through the various kinds of ads that they are trying to show you. Some app developers use techniques like these because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up earning them more money, but with all of that having been said and now out of the way it is important to note that it ruins the user experience which is why Google dubbed such ads “out of context” ads and created new rules that forbade Play Store apps from having such disruptive ad infrastructures.
In spite of the fact that this is the case, a lot of apps have remained on the Google Play Store and have managed to make a bit of a mark in this regard. Just recently Google removed 164 apps from its Play Store for using disruptive ad practices, but the main problem here is that these apps had already been installed ten million times (or 10,018,820 to be exact) before they were removed which means that millions of users ended up having their experience ruined and the app developers were able to earn their money and get away with it to a certain extent.
It’s clear to see that some changes need to be made in order to preserve the user experience. The truly sinister thing about these ads is that they have a tendency to mimic legitimate apps which is why so many people end up downloading them in the first place. Google needs to take steps to prevent app clones from doing this much damage, and part of the process has to involve teaching and educating users to make them more conscious of the dangers of apps that are similar to what they are looking for but in no way actually represent the usage that they had initially been going for.
In spite of the fact that this is the case, a lot of apps have remained on the Google Play Store and have managed to make a bit of a mark in this regard. Just recently Google removed 164 apps from its Play Store for using disruptive ad practices, but the main problem here is that these apps had already been installed ten million times (or 10,018,820 to be exact) before they were removed which means that millions of users ended up having their experience ruined and the app developers were able to earn their money and get away with it to a certain extent.
It’s clear to see that some changes need to be made in order to preserve the user experience. The truly sinister thing about these ads is that they have a tendency to mimic legitimate apps which is why so many people end up downloading them in the first place. Google needs to take steps to prevent app clones from doing this much damage, and part of the process has to involve teaching and educating users to make them more conscious of the dangers of apps that are similar to what they are looking for but in no way actually represent the usage that they had initially been going for.
Giving credit where credit is due, Google has most definitely taken some concrete steps to limit the delivery of adware to unsuspecting users. Opting for a freer and more accessible operating system was inevitably going to cause more security problems than the insulated world of iOS would ever have to deal with, and it’s the progress Google has made so far that ends up proving the company’s mettle in a lot of ways.
However, more steps need to be taken since millions of downloads are occurring on a day to day basis of apps that are using false advertising to deliver adware and other types of malware that will at best disrupt the user experience and at worst end up causing all kinds of data loss and security breaches.
However, more steps need to be taken since millions of downloads are occurring on a day to day basis of apps that are using false advertising to deliver adware and other types of malware that will at best disrupt the user experience and at worst end up causing all kinds of data loss and security breaches.
Here is the list of all those shady Android apps that users should remove from their devices, immediately, if they've installed them previously. Table in data is courtesy of Whiteops.
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