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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service” (www.theregister.com)

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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's one of those things that was a shock at how prevalent it is on the Apple app store after so much talk of how much better the apps are compared to Android. There's not even proper filter options to filter out apps that are subscription only. It was ridiculous how you could buy an app then get pop ups to get the subscription plan. It's why I wish a foss app store like F-droid becomes available once slide loading becomes possible so I can avoid the appstore as much as possible when I need a basic app. Like a calculator.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah phone apps are horrible, don't know about iOS since I've always used Android, but they're mostly bad. The apps geared to a company service are usually fine, but the rest are just ad support systems.

I actually don't use third party phone apps that much, but the times I have it's like an assault. You get a tenth of the screen for the actual function of the app with the rest of the screen gyrating ads. It's especially a problem for me because I'm old and can't see the screen that well. I don't know how people put up with it. I can't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Good thing about at least paid apps on play store is that they usually don't have subscriptions, and there are tags warning if it Contains Ads before you even install the app.

I don't think Apple appstore even has ad warnings. Only in-app purchase warning. So using appstore was when I found out talking video ads exist.