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Lists are pointless, all we need is good search.

That's why the Web works - search is a solved problem.

Search on app stores is archaic and abysmal -- you'd think Google could solve this kind of problem.




^^^^ This. Apps are a great user experience but App stores really suck for discovery. And given that Google previously worked at solving this problem, you'd think they'd be all over it.


Yeah having almost 700,000 apps in the app store. A search engine would definitely help.

How about spiders for apps. I mean they can look for high page rank sites that links to an app for example. they can then score these based from the inbound links.


Search isn't a solution for discoverability though. A lot of people use those top lists to see "what are the new games that are out?"


How does it work on the web? You search for sites known to promote games (let's say IGN) and they link you to games.

Why does Google/Apple need to curate everything?




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