Why do they do this...

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Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 18d

Delicious juicy data nom nom

theparadox@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 18d (1 reply)

They want a presence on your phone, collecting any data the phone OS allows. They want to send you notifications. They want to prevent you from exerting any control over the experience - you can't block ads for an app as easily as you can for a webpage... and if you help anyone else mess with an app, you are literally committing a felony.

thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17d

I LOATHE apps that you want notifications from, like a security camera, that they use to PUSH YOU ADS. I hope they all lose one body part every month until death.

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 18d

Enshittification

solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 18d (1 reply)

My favorite is when they reject temporary emails

seblin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17d

Is the reason why I have a Gmail. It's the same one I've had for a long time, last time I checked it, the unread emails count was past 9999. I wonder what Google thinks of me 🤔

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 18d (1 reply)

You can exclude apps from autoupdate on Aurora store.

thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17d

Some stop opening if you continue to delay unfortunately. Usually banking apps, but sometimes bullshit apps too.

Zwiebel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 18d

Theres always a dozen alternatives for the same task anyways