This crap is completely unacceptable.
The app has 10M+ downloads, and is already filled with ads as it is. I DO NOT want and WILL NEVER want ads as push notifications.
I’m quite sure this isn’t allowed on the playstore according to the Play Console Help page. Which states:
Ads must not simulate or impersonate the user interface of any app feature, such as notifications or warning elements of an operating system. It must be clear to the user which app is serving each ad.
And shows this picture:
I now consider GPS Speedometer malware, immediate uninstall.
Yeah, this seems like a sketchy way of pushing adds. I’m fairly sure ads shouldn’t be pushed in the notification tray.
Your last statement is probably the safest route.
For simple apps like that I usually check out F-droid see if any open source versions exist. Might not be as feature rich but there’s two GPS speedometer apps on there
Status Bar Speedometer (Display your current speed as notification) https://f-droid.org/packages/ch.rmy.android.statusbar_tacho/
Blue Square Speedometer (Simple speedometer & GPS viewer) https://f-droid.org/packages/net.nhiroki.bluesquarespeedometer/
Thanks for the reccs. I don’t need it to do much more than give me my speed so these’ll work great!
Wish fdroid at least tracked app installs (clicking of the download button)
When it comes to android apps I always look for open source stuff first. Literally just save the headache of dealing with bot-reviews, ads in app, etc.
Trash practices. That’s a horrible abuse of the user.
Got the same ad this morning. Instant uninstall.
Serious question, why are you using an app called “gps speedometer”? Anyway, this is why i always download apps from F-Droid.
This is the way, for every flashlight type of app, F-Droid or nothing. The Play Store is riddled with this easy malicious apps.
Could be their cars’ speedo is broken or very inaccurate?
I thought the app was to enhance the GPS connection i’m so dumb 💀💀💀
Yep that’s an uninstall and 1 star review for sure.
I use a firewall app. Netguard in my case. And apps which clearly should not need internet access are blocked there. Usually makes a lot of apps ad free as they fail to download ads.
Just fyi, Google Maps has a GPS speedometer, but you need to nagivate somewhere
Did you report the app?
I’m trying but I keep getting “Error loading workflow. Please try again in a few minutes”.
Ahhh selective server errors, my favourite.
You can always deny it the priviledge of giving you notifications…
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