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Heh, I like the "I kill you now" human mode in this. The developers don't realise we have our own antibullshit software. Evolution playing out in app survival.
Too much fuckery? Off at the wall !
Put your foot on the power switch down till it stops whirring.
I hate that for a lot of these apps thereβs no way to turn off these kinds of ad notifications without stopping the real notifications you want from the app.
"A new generation of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots and computers with the new GPP feature"
"GPP, what's that?"
"It says 'Genuine People Personalities'."
"Sounds ghastly"
Idiots, savages, idiots!
tape measuring app trying to charge my poor dad TEN DOLLARS PER WEEK. To measure with his phone camera.
I am a Divine Being : You are an Object You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue
For real though, these machines are here in service to me, not the other way around. I'm the one calling the shots, get onboard with that or I unplug yo ass.
This is why I recommend FOSS apps for base functionality like that. There's plenty folks out there, who've implemented a grocery list app as a hobby project, who don't need to try to make money off it. As such, their app can exist without ads, tracking or needy notifications.
I personally use a self hosted instance of kitchen owl https://kitchenowl.org/ I really like it's simplicity and use it quite a lot and nobody has access to the data but me.
I recommend FOSS for absolutely everything you use if possible.
I agree, when my wife switched to iPhone a few years back, I had trouble finding foss apps for ios. I guess not being able to sideload means most devs will want to recoup the apple development fee. I don't blame them really.
I used an iPhone for a few months last year and I had such a hard time with just how much it costs for apps. Everything is a subscription and you have no options for sideloading your own app or FOSS. I tried to set my alarm to a piece of music that was released under a creative commons license and the only way to do it was to spend $1 with Apple.
Should definitely avoid Duolingo.
I am visiting denmark in summer and wanted to learn some danish. I looked at duolingo, then at their privacy policy, then i threw the idea away. Babbel is better in terms of privacy but still not great. I havenβt found an alternative product yet.
Whenever an app does that, I take away notification privileges immediately.
Right? Like "You wanted me to notice you? Oh I noticed you now. And while I'm aware of you, let's just go ahead and take away some of your permissions...."
80% of the time I do this with the button that revokes all other privileges too: "uninstall"
Immediate disable of notifications and one star review for abusing notifications. I do the same thong when legitimatel services text me for marketing or surveys. Texts are meant for more urgent communication that needs almost immediate attention and itβs an abuse of trust to test people like that.
It makes me a bit sad that there are people getting around that don't know how to declaw their smartphone with disabled notifications, permissions and such. It's not their fault, these things are a fucking nightmare when left to go feral.
Recently downloaded a "cast" app because Miracast doesn't work on GrapheneOS. On first launch, I got 3 consecutive full screen video ads followed by a popup to "subscribe" to their paid service. Next, another popup to rate them 5* in google play store. Note that at this point, I haven't even reached the main screen of the app... You know, to actually try it and see if it works.
Uninstalled that garbage and gave it the 1* rating it deserves.
Seriously, I'm so sick and tired of these "modern" apps which don't even have the decency to offer a good quality paid version. $8/mo for a stupid utility I use maybe a few times a year? Who tf do you think you are?
Using apps on GrapheneOS, I also get notified when they use the play integrity API... I find it insulting when apps like Reddit attempt to access that... Seriously, you're just an online forum. Why tf would you care about whether my phone is rooted or not?
Look into fcast (its Foss)
Notebooks and pens are awesome and underrated!
Modern apps out here with the confidence of a CEO and the usefulness of a broken pencil.
Modern apps out here with the confidence of a CEO and the usefulness of a CEO
"You haven't set any alarms recently. Don't you find that...
Alarming??"
Next step is the alarm app setting an alarm to remind you to set an alarm.