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What app or tech is badgering you? I feel like with standard android and pop! OS I have zero complaints. Everything just works
This happens with YouTube, for example. Even though I pay for their premium, whenever I disable their shorts section they tell me "ok, we'll hide it for 30 days". How about you don't show me your shorts ever again?
Companies like this are abusing you as a paying customer. I would use newpipe if you're on android or if apple has any alternative to newpipe then use that otherwise use firefox with ublock.
I use piped.video for the dozen or so subscriptions I have. I don't have an account, I once exported my subscriptions and when I erase browser history I upload that subscriptions file. All I want to see on YT is right there.
Use Firefox with adblocker then disable the YouTube app so it goes with Firefox as your default
Use something like ReVanced, which has the ability to hide Shorts forever (or until YouTube changes their backend enough that you need to update your ReVanced install to continue blocking Shorts). ReVanced also has the ability to unlock certain Premium features for free, and it supports SponsorBlock, among many other things.
Paying for the ability to not be fucking spammed with scam ads was your first mistake
Lol for real
yt enhance u disable it 4ever
@PetrusHyde @Gnubyte the problem with these platforms is that you don’t have the control. You can only choose from the available options the platform owner give you
Yeah that's understandably frustrating. I heard they make like no money off of that. Wonder how long before it hits the killed by google list.
Duolingo just did this to me yesterday. Pissed me off
Huh. I guess I mostly use foss stuff and maybe a few apps like youtube premium/tv, that I pay them for service so I never hear about it.
I'm learning Japanese with duoligo, I discovered that you can get the free trial for premium, cancel it when it reminds you your trial is almost up, and then 2 days later it offers you the free trial again.
My girlfriend kept complaining about losing her hearts on Duolingo and I was very confused as I never had any "hearts" during regular lessons. Eventually I found out that since I had created a classroom while exploring the site, I was given access to a teacher version of Duolingo - which is basically a free premium version 😅
Surprise LPT! I'll have a poke around, see if I can do that too. I'll report back. 🫡
Discord has been hassling me about whatever name changes I read about. I only open it once or twice a month, so I've been able to delay taking whatever action so far. If I was in there on a regular basis, that'd be a big pain in the ass.
ETA: Oh, and the IMDB app keeps asking me to sign up for an account. I've been saying no for literally years.
Discord wants to move away from the #4-digit identifier system because it is an unnecessary hassle for users. The downside is that it means that a username must now be unique. That's why they're asking you.
I guess at one point they'll just force change your username and you'll have to stick with it or make a new acc.