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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.
I can do that, or I can just uninstall the app.
But that’s… All the apps
What are you on about? Every app you have is sending you spammy notifications?
The thing is, at least on iPhone, is when you first install an app it’ll ask some of these questions and you can say, and should, say no for the most part:
- This app wants to track you. Allow?
- This app wants to send you notifications. Allow?
- This app wants access to your photos? Allow?
- This app wants to see your contacts. Allow?
Etc.
as if most people haven’t been trained to instinctively fear dialogs and just click “okay” instantly
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.
There are like three things total that I allow to send me notifications. This is a skill issue
I am a Divine Being : You are an Object You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue
About about the rice cooker playing a little melody? Is that acceptable or should I put it out back now?
Max three beeps is okay.
doo, doo dee
those please me. they are permitted to stay.
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.
Mine was worse than that. It straight up added products to my list.
that is insane, i would obliterate an app that did something like that
I did. I switched to a different one but unfortunately, it’s not as good at coordinating between my wife’s phone and mine, which is the reason we don’t use a scrap piece of paper.
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
Whenever an app does that, I take away notification privileges immediately.
I uninstalled the Carl’s jr app because it’s notification sound was of someone taking a bite of something but exaggerated and more like what you would expect from a cartoon character. That shit made me uninstall it fast, I know I could have just disabled notifications, but my phone making that sound at me randomly when I was in the middle of something pissed me off.
Oh right, like Cheat Engine that laughs at you.
80% of the time I do this with the button that revokes all other privileges too: “uninstall”
Depending on how useful the app is, that’s generally the next step.
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…”
I would immediately uninstall and leave a shitty one star review, that’s one action you can take that will almost certainly be read by someone at the company.
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?
I hate that for a lot of these apps there’s no way to turn off these kinds of ad notifications without stopping the real notifications you want from the app.
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 recommend FOSS for absolutely everything you use if possible.
you can get a second hand pixel phone for cheap; install lineageos with microg and magisk, get most of your apps from f-droid and supplement with “regular” apps from the play store via aurora, and just like that you have what i honestly consider the most usable phone experience available.
it’s a remarkably reasonable install process provided you’re willing to learn, and you really don’t have to sacrifice many features at all since you can just fall back to normal apps, and the stuff added by most vendors to android itself is just AI dogshit.
I’m on a pixel 9 with GrapheneOS myself
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.
On iPad you did not even have a calculator app until recently. You had to buy one or get one with ads. I’m taking super basic functionality here right. No scientific calculator or anything.
Should definitely avoid Duolingo.
I dunno, this is the kinda energy needed to keep that fucking owl dead.
I kill you now
Oh no! How will I pretend to learn a language now?
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 haven‘t found an alternative product yet.
Was thinking perhaps Rosetta Stone, they’re old and well-established, and while I’ve not read through their privacy policy on account of being dead tired at the moment, at a glance it looks digestible.
But then I noticed that they don’t do Danish.
Though maybe we’re too app focused. Denmark has some really good children’s books authors, H.C. Andersen is classic, most people probably know him through his work “Den Lille Havfrue”, or at least the Disnep adaptation, “The Little Mermaid.” For pronunciation my favourite method is singing and mimicking. I enjoy the mouthfeel of other languages, though admittedly Danish is incredibly difficult as the sounds are so different from Swedish.
Yeah honestly children’s books are a good start if you are serious about it, but since I just want to learn the absolute basics for day to day communication, this seems overkill for me. I think danish should be quite approachable for me though since I speak german in mother tongue
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 it’s an abuse of trust to test people like that.
I do the same thong when legitimatel services text me for marketing or surveys.
It’s fun that I can’t decide if that’s a deeply insightful yet misplaced shot at mattel for having a small role in developing a fairly common sex toy material or a series of spelling errors.
‘Attorney Barbie wearing a G-String’ would be make a fun ai prompt though
mmm yes, fun
I’m sorry, what? A regular smiley face is “psycho”?
It’s the unblinking eyes. Definitely a serial killer.
look into it’s eyes, is it happy? annoyed? about to jump you? 🙂
