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. 🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦
Yeah I hate this about the play store. I am so used to the first result being what I searched for that whenever I go install an app (once every couple months) I just click on the first one and then have to go back. I never use the install button in the search results because I always check the app descriprion and reviews but it is still annoying as all fuck.