I am a Divine Being : You are an Object You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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I dunno, this is the kinda energy needed to keep that fucking owl dead.
I kill you now
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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"
Depending on how useful the app is, thatβs generally the next step.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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?
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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??"
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I'm sorry, what? A regular smiley face is "psycho"?
Itβs the unblinking eyes. Definitely a serial killer.
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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.
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.
There are like three things total that I allow to send me notifications. This is a skill issue
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Do it then. Replace the app with pen and paper. I think the app is calling your bluff.
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Why would someone use grocery list app instead of a text editor
Presumably the app would provide some additional functionality that is relevant to grocery lists. Like price tracking or coupons or something. IDK though I just use a text editor.
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Shit like this is why the only thing that can ping me is a text
Same vibes but serious. I give a 1 star and uninstall if an ad-supported application sends useless notifications.
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