alt Hacker News> So my grandmother searching "Powerpoint" and getting malware instead of the microsoft app is good actually?
Where do I claim that? My argument is that, with paid advertising, the store may show fewer items, making it easier to find the right thing.
And no, I’m not claiming that’s ideal; only that it c/would be an improvement.
So you're saying a hypothetically well implemented advertisement service could be better than a hypothetical poorly implemented ranking service.
The reality is right now we have a poorly implemented advertisement service that shows malware, and if you ignore the ads and look at the search results based on relevance, they're clearly better.
The claim "A good ad service would be good" is a truism, but that's not the reality we live in.