Comment by ErrorNoBrain
8 months ago
I prefer having as few apps as possible
so using the web is my go-to
i dont have reddit, on my phone for example.
Also, all those app icons are just "advertisement" every time you look at your phone screen... i dont need that.
if you REQUIRE me to use an app, then i'm only using it if i absolutely have to. (there's almost always an alternative)
>app icons are just "advertisement"
You wouldn't believe the volume of actual advertisements that show up as push notifications on my wife's phone
These things only exist because some people just allow it. They allow it and occasionally buy something, enabling the entire hellhole we now all live in.
These things exist because companies and the people working there are predatory assholes. Let's not make the victims to be the villains and get off your high horse. Most people don't even know how.
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At least relatively recent versions of Android let you turn off notifications per-app:
https://support.google.com/android/answer/9079661?hl=en
Which is nice, but when the offender is, say, a security device that sends event notification but ALSO sends marketing spam, with no granular control over types of notifications, it's not a great situation.
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Even better, apps have to ask you for permission to even show notifications!
Game? Doesn't need notfications, deny, done!
These are so infuriating they should be illegal.
Especially when they come from apps you can't delete like your bannking app.
At least Apple has a rule against push spam, which they toe the line on but it's still a lot less bad than it could be.
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Totally with you on this. Every extra app feels like mental clutter
I also hate obligatory mobile apps, especially when they’re linked to hardware: At the battery company I work for - pilaenergy - we’re aware that our hardware may well outlive our software, so we’re providing a mobile app that’s accessible over an WiFi access point or over your local WiFi, as well as the traditional mobile apps. This way - the software comes bundled with the hardware and can’t be sunset. Something that has long been an issue with IoT products.