So I have bad habits of doing in app purchases because I have a pihole that blocks the ads, so I cannot use the commercials to get power ups or whatever. I do not want to pay Apple for things so I needed to find a way to help me stop paying Apple for things. I wanted to originally fine the address to just block payments to apple from through my pihole, after reading things I found that this would probably block updates and all that and that is not a good thing. So I ended up blocking payments as if I were a freakin child on the devices, I guess I can still do it with the password maybe? Feels a little demeaning but I need to stop myself and making it harder for me to buy power ups or whatever is a good thing.
I also think there will be secrete DST charges, of greater then the 5% or whatever it is, added to in app purchases come the first. The big tech companies will not be happy that they have to pay a retro active sales tax.
17 Comments
6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 1y
Find less stupid games.
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Power ups, was just the best description for things in game currency and stuff like that.
Gladaed@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y
They got you. A great example for a phone game that is good is Crashlands. There still are some phone games that are not f2p.
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Yes I know they have gotten me, but no more! Adding just one extra step will fix it for me (I hope). I wanted to block the whole App Store first but I do need updates and I have started to do things with my home lab like self hosting.
localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y
Don't play stupid mobile 'games'
The only ones worth playing have an upfront price and no in app transactions
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Push for the Canadian government to force Apple to open up iOS to outside stores and consider switching to Graphene OS / Ubuntu Touch / Postmarket OS for your next phone.
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I so want to switch my os and eventually my hardware, it is however difficult with my family mostly being on iOS.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Localsend also works on IOS for your Airdrop replacement and RCS is being developed for linux phones.
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I am thinking more about FaceTime with my Grandmother, someone who is not going to be able to make the switch. RCS and airdrop are the least of my concerns.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
You may be able to run Jami or Wire through waydroid though I haven’t tried it myself.
LordGarmadon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Is ubuntu touch actual usable and has "essential" apps (e.g. banking)?
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I wouldn’t say UT has banking apps, gps and the cellular features yet as the project needs to be built up further.
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Does Netflix Gaming exist in Canada?
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
No idea, I stopped using Netflix years ago.
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 1 pts · 1y
I use in-app purchases almost daily.
I mean about 85% of what I buy is purchased online. Via app(s).
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
I used to, but then I got rid of Amazon, most of my Apple services, I got rid of Disney+, I canceled a bunch of other services I do not remember. I have a pihole, and I stopped using Google services a few years ago (minus youtube) so the Google knows next to nothing about me so the ads started getting really weird so I got youtube premium, I got rid of youtube premium in January but then I started seeing weird commercials again it was not cool. When Andor returned I started jonesing to see it, but I was not going to sign up for Disney+ again after about 3 weeks of trying to write scripts to automatically download it I found the *arr apps to schedule and download torrents. Once I got over my anti pirating stuff I found Unwatched to get around the YouTube ads.
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 1y
I've never had Amazon. Never had Apple anything. Never had Disney services of any kind. Dropped Google stuff years ago (though I watch Youtube videos with a bunch of anti-ad stuff my SO set up for me). I do, however, pirate like crazy.
Of course it's easier for me. I don't live in North America or Europe. Very easy to avoid this stuff here.