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Not everything needs an app
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Often, the apps are there just to collect ad information for you in a way browsers don’t allow.
Ding ding ding. It’s all about the tracking data. Also, notifications. They want to be able to buzz you with spam, to remind you that the app exists.
Is there a way to insulate apps in my phone from looking at stuff they shouldn't? Kinda like Firefox Multi-Account Containers.
On iOS, in the App Store entry for each app there is a section called “App Privacy.” You can use that section to see what data the app will collect. I do not know how to prevent it from collecting that data once it is installed.
I hate propietary apps that are just services or stores and especially when they refuse to have a website and make you download their app.
I do not need 200 apps on my phone. Just one web browser app will do.
With 200 open tabs
Ahh, I see I have finally found my people
My 401k company just created an app for onboarding new participants.
"If you'd like me to run company software, you'll have to provide a company device for me to run it on."
Never install work software on a personal device. Security, Privacy, Expectations (regarding personal resources).
Along with this, never use personal software/accounts/services with company devices. You can't be sure who's watching and can't be sure you'll have a chance to remove/collect your personal data before being locked out of said device.
That’s not their employer. It’s the company they have their 401k retirement plan with.
Empower, John Hancock, fidelity, vanguard, whoever.
100% this. I put my foot down at my last job after finding out their app demanded device location when it wasn't being used.
I got the fuck out the next week. Place is already sliding downhill fast
I rather have an app and a way to control the chicken coop offline that depend on the internet connection to whether my chicken coop works or not. That is in my opinion a right place for an app instead of a website.
Most online services don't need an app though.
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What can your chicken coop do that needs programming ? Genuinely interested
Automatic doors.
Probably heat, maybe timed doors, timed food, or something like that.
Wait, explain this chicken coop
Nothing needs an app.
I rather have an app when I need that stuff to work regardless of the internet connection.
They want your precious data
Not everything needs and app
But then they couldn't scrape maximum personal data, collect your contacts, have access to your mic and camera, and track your every physical movement. Your so selfish!
I agree. Same with every business doesn't need a freaking app. It's why I've avoided the app development sector of programming in my career. I don't want to crank out shitty apps for every local business for the rest of my life. talk about boring.
Its like when restaurants want to get people to order via a QR code on the physical menu and place your order on their website or app.
Like no. You are making this so much more awkward than it needs to be for the sake of novelty.
Restaurant near me tried to implement this during Covid. At the time I get it because people were trying to minimize risk and might have been worried about being around a waiter and getting infected etc.
But they still haven't stopped it though. The worse thing is that the signal there is terrible so it takes 5 minutes for the damn thing to load in the first place.
I don't know if you can communicate over Bluetooth via a webpage to program your chicken coop.
Yeah my work just switched payroll companies and they want us to download an app to do timesheets and stuff. No way in hell that's going on my phone. A least it works in desktop browsers too.
The chicken coop controller needs access to use whatever drivers (Bluetooth?) to connect. On the other hand, they could have used Wi-Fi instead. The financial app, however, definitely should be a website. However, apps are a way to increase the longevity of the login token because apps on a non-rooted phone supposedly cannot leak the login token and can be trusted to keep it safe on the device.
It’s actually flashing the screen to a photo sensor
oh wow, that's intricate but it probably works more reliably than something like a usb cable. Native apps probably have more control over framerate compared to webapps.
Is this actually unpopular? Give me web interface that works OK on mobile and I'm usually a happy camper.
I mean most of lemmys front page is usually promoting unnecessary apps
I once had to download an app to get my hair cut. Never walked out of a barber before so that was a first.
"Download our app to see our menu"
walks out
my company's payroll management software just rolled out an app called "swag"
that's not a joke
I have an app for programming my chicken coop
What kind of programming does a chicken coop need?
How much of a delay on the light sensor for the automatic door.
Corollary: I hate websites that refuse to provide native apps for commonly used functionality.
I agree. It's way more sus to download an app. The reason social media sites push apps over websites is because they can harvest a lot more data that way.
And not every program needs an installer.
Just because I downloaded a program to write ISOs to a USB drive, does not mean it needs to be installed on the system. Unless it's something like MS Office, why does it need to be installed? Just give me a zip file, I will extract it and delete it when I don't need it anymore.
Best apps are those that do basically everything in webview anyway (looking at you playstation)
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