When an average user downloads an app, there's like a 70% chance they'll use it day 1, a 10% chance they'll use it day 7, and 1% chance they'll still be using it by day 30. A simple reminder notification after day 3 or 15 can drastically boost those numbers.

Why do we care about the numbers? Because Google and Apple care. They see higher numbers, assume it's a good app, and make it show up in the search results more frequently. This gives us more downloads.

If you're putting the time in to craft a quality app, you probably need money, which comes from ads and subscriptions, which is funneled by the number of downloads. If you don't like that as a user, stick to FDroid.

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My recommendation is Neo Store because even though it's slow there's still more apps available.

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm pretty sure they run on the same backend, though Neo Store has more repos set up already.

(I'm going to be honest, Neo apps look better than the standard Material You)

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is a Neo app?

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

https://github.com/NeoApplications A bunch of FOSS android apps with their own aesthetic

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