That’s depressing as fuck.
I know. Cheap crap is a stain.
It’s not about cheap crap, it’s about the predatory nature of almost all apps shown and how well-known it is that they’re ethically bad.
People love convenience. And most can’t be assed to get everything from ethical sources.
Just try going to a grocery store and buy tropical fruit that wasn’t picked by slaves or heavily exploited farmers.
Sure, it’s not impossible but it’s way easier and cheaper to go for the big brands.
Nice one Netherlands.
I’m sure a lot of us here can say that’s the only one on the map we have
The Netherlands continues to be my top choice for a place to live if I end up fleeing my country. If they’ll have me.
It’s expensive. Don’t forget to buy the floor for your apartment.
Edit: I’m serious about the floor. Apartments don’t come with flooring included.
I live in San Francisco, I’m used to things being expensive. The floor thing is crazy though.
If they’ll have me.
Not with the current political climate I’m afraid. Still hoping for a shift to the left, as our right wing parties just showed they are completely incompetent. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst though.
Surprised me though, although temu probably would’ve surprised me more
Loving Bulgaria. Everybody’s doing social networks, meanwhile they’re “ooh, a puzzle game!”
Temu is more like a capitalism network than a social network, but yeah Chad Bulgaria playing tetris instead of giving into consumerism.
You know, I mostly hear about how Soviet-looking Bulgaria still is from my family over that way. Everyone playing Tetris adds to that.
So the source page just doesn’t exist. But https://mapsinterlude.wordpress.com/ does. When you visit it, this post is easily found, but do they list any of their sources? No. I checked a few sites that list top apps by country and just checked Denmark, because that’s where I’m from and temu was #8.
I took it from instagram, it’s probably not correct. If you confirm that this information is incorrect, I can delete the post so as not to spread misinformation.
No, no it’s fine, I wasn’t trying to dismiss the posting of this, it’s just that I’m sad I couldn’t find any sources. I found a bit odd that Temu was #1 where I live, and although it’s up there, I’m still curious how they got their data.
Maybe from this site: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/most-popular-apps/
You can buy reports too.
I couldn’t find one with the whole Europe (free), but Italy is still wrong in the image tho.
All places I find seem to point at this source tho https://appmagic.rocks/
Like this page that you would think had their own data: https://www.statista.com/statistics/698982/leading-android-apps-in-norway-by-downloads/
They could also just have looked up news articles for all the countries. Crunch that data haha
Maxima Grupė UAB is a Lithuanian group of retail chain companies operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Bulgaria.
LT72 is a website intended to prepare Lithuanian residents for emergencies. It allows residents to learn how to be be prepared for an accident, …
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Serbia has an itchy delete finger, apparently.
Yeah, what’s up with Latvia? Why would people mass-download a grocery store app? Besides, iki is better. At least it was 10 years ago. Do they still have iki?
Because of discounts
I’m from Latvia. I have the app, but I don’t believe for 1 second that it’s the most downloaded one. Hell, half the country doesn’t even like that grocery store and would much rather go to Rimi.
I don’t remember Rimi. Is it new or was it just small back then? The two main ones were Maxima and iki.
Happy cake day, btw.
Yeah, Iki was a loong time ago. Rimi has been the “main” grocery store for quite some time. Maxima has gathered a reputation of being a bit trashier, but also cheaper.
Didn’t even notice I joined Lemmy a year ago, thanks!
People really use temu? I thought it was all crap.
Edit:
This is most downloaded not most used, so I’d reckon a lot of people heard about it, downloaded it, used it, realised it was all crap, then deleted it.
People would rather download the app to figure that out than just visit the website? That’s still depressing.
But probably temu was like get 50% off your first order via the app or something like that?
people like “saving” money
I used it once when I noticed a hammock underquilt - something I’d been looking for (it’s basically a thermal layer for your hammock so your butt doesn’t freeze at night). For context, these can cost from 50€ to several hundred.
It did all the stupid prize wheel things and offered the typical bs it usually does. However it made me an offer - buy 6 items and the underquilt will be included free. It didn’t specify any prices or the typical “cheapest item is free”, so I bought 6 of the cheapest things I could find (something like 50 hair ties for 0.50€, a pizza knife for 1€ etc).
I got the underquilt (and some random things) for ~6€ and, surprisingly, it works extremely well, even for quite cold weather!
Never used the app again, though. After the initial offers to get you hooked, the prices are usually worse than buying locally or just using AliExpress.
It is crap but everything in stores in the US is crap too, and Temu crap is merely half the quality for a tenth the price
I don’t think I see US in this map at all…
well personally, i cannot speak for the EU - have consumer goods turned to crap over there?
everything in stores in the US is crap too
You might be going to the wrong stores
Netherlands it is then.
Out of everything the most depressing is Klarna. It’s a buy now pay later microloans that should just be forbidden.
I don’t know if it was the case in other countries but in Belgium a very popular app used to store loyalty cards was bought by Klarna. It was not really clear that you could continue to use the old app for a while and not switch to Klarna. So I know a lot of people that just installed the app just to be able to have access to their cards.
Yes, it’s like this in my country as well.
Yes, it’s like this in my country as well.
We get a lot of advertising for it here in Belgium and tons of webshops support it, sadly. What a trash company.
Not just support it but sometimes it’s the only option, so you also have to support their business even if you just paying upfront. (and hand over your personal data)
Only Netherland and Bulgaria can be proud of themselves.
Nobody can be as proud of themselves (because of this list I mean) as Lithuania: “LT72 is a website intended to prepare Lithuanian residents for emergencies. It allows residents to learn how to be be prepared for an accident, …”
Offtopic but IMO “Netherland” would be a better English name than the fussy “The Netherlands”. And Nederland would be better still. It’s easily pronounceable.
This can’t be correct. No way people use Signal more than Whatsapp in NL. And Temu, this app Google Play tries to spam you with? Why?
It is the most downloaded app in 2024
I think most Dutchies already had Whatsapp installed prior to 2024.
And Temu, this app Google Play tries to spam you with? Why?
Because Google Play spams you with it, I guess.
Is Temu really that much cheaper compared to Aliexpress to be “worth it”?
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Same garbage different name
Wtf is klarna?
Swedish fintech for online payments. A lot of young people go into debts with their “shop now, buy later” function
So credit card with extra steps?
Layaway without the wait
Credit cards are not that wide spread in many parts of Europe opposed to the US. I guess it’s more like PayPal with the possibility to pay later. But yes, I also use my debit/credit card for online payment, which is a step more as I have to enter many numbers for that.
Credit card with no interest or very very low interest.
It’s like lay-away for people old enough to remember that, except you get the product immediately instead of later.
Credit card with no rewards and more predatory payment scheme
Yikes, that sounds bad. Credit cards aren’t really known for being above-board there either.
🤮
TIL Bulgaria is the best country in Europe
Goddamn right Crimea is part of Ukraine.
