They’ve started inserting a subtle ad as the first result instead of the actual app you’re searching for.
This has to have been a change over the last month or two I feel like?
I’m having to reprogram myself to view the first result as irrelevant. Really makes me want to increase the F-Droid alternatives that I use.
I literally just prioritise f droid, and a Google App search tool I found a bit ago that let’s you sort such to show no Inapp etc
https://playsearch.kaki87.net/
Where it came from: https://www.reddit.com/r/googleplay/comments/9lesfd/my_advanced_google_play_search_engine_webapp/
Thanks for that playsearch link. I’d never heard of that and detest the wasteland that is the Google Play store. Fdroid is good but I use droidify.