1,089 karma · joined December 21, 2016
I checked out five different apps, each with millions of downloads. Every single one was riddled with data collection prompts and stuffed with ads.
Fine, I thought, I’ll pay to remove the ads. But the options were:
- “Free trial” that defaults into a $5/month subscription
- Or a $19 “lifetime” purchase
It’s so clearly designed to trick people into a recurring subscription for what’s essentially nothing. These apps are just wrappers around existing Android libraries. And if you check the reviews, they’re obviously bought.
This was literally the first time in a year I tried to download something from the Play Store, and the experience was so bad I just gave up and solved it faster in the browser instead.
https://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/faf448fd0d906a15/prod...
Like this one. You don't even have to read between the lines to see what is his attitude.
https://world.hey.com/dhh/gender-and-sexuality-alliances-in-...
I follow him on Twitter and guy is a bully and has opinions about stuff he has 0 knowledge about.
https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-social-media-censorship-era-is...
https://www.santandercib.com/insights/innovation/sepa-instan...
That becomes mandatory in October this year
like if you dont have any money you can get wordpress hosting for free from wordpress.com
im a older millennial, so i have older parents and young kids. My father could not bother with a smartphone or does not care about internet at all. My mother uses whatsapp and everything after initial year she is quite handy with it. Im not scared about her, im more scared that she is reading AI slop.
My kids are now at the age where a lot of the pears are getting a smartphone for them im not giving them a smartphone. If i give them a smartphone in a year or i will be using parental controls.
I on the other side reduced my googling by 95%