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. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦

  • deafboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Pffft, the young generation, not hardened by the 6 different download buttons on a torrent search engine… /s

    • ZiemekZ@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      4 months ago

      This, but unironically. How can you be so blind to click on something called Zoho, when RealVNC (the thing you searched for) is right below it?

        • Yprum@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          Google being evil and assholes doesn’t remove the fact that this person literally didn’t spend a second to check what they clicked.

          Digital safety starts with everyone, despite if we need laws to regulate the asshole companies trying to mess with people’s lack of attention.