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[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 110 points 1 month ago

Not only is it a privacy and security issue, it’s also an accessibility issue. Maybe I’m using my desktop to access your website where I can ctrl+ to increase font size, but your shitty unreadable phone app has made zero effort to support accessibility.

It’s particularly annoying for services like DoorDash, instacart, or uber, where some users are specifically using those services due to accessibility issues.

[-] passepartout@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most accessibility options are already baked into the OS. There should be no need to configure anything related inside the App. You'd have to implement responsive design though, which is not only an accessibility problem but should be common sense by now.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 month ago

Many apps do not respect the text size settings set in the OS. And if they do, they render poorly. And using full screen zoom from the OS is not a good option.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

I guess, you didn't necessarily say otherwise, but there's still a high chance that the app offers worse accessibility, even if you've configured everything correctly. Being able to freely manipulate the rendering in your browser, rather than having to live with what the app/OS devs allow you to configure, is crucially important for many accessibility needs.

[-] passepartout@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

This was meant more as an utopian wish statement of well standardized and interconnected ecosystems instead of trying to teach anyone how to use their phone lol. I'm well aware that we're moving into the other direction sadly and I also hate that I have to use apps for what should have been a website in the first place.

I'm not really affected by this and can't say much about the existing needs beyond what iOS and Android are offering on the OS level though. I totally understand that a website is a much better starting point for this if you're starting from scratch, given a responsive implementation approach and no DRM and obfuscation measures applied.

[-] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah I tried increasing the font size in my phone settings, the result is that in most app half of the words just disappear. They still only get the space allotted to them in the app and if they exceed those dimensions, that's just too fucking bad.

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[-] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 93 points 1 month ago

"Create a FREE account to continue reading..."

Nope.

"Please turn off your adblocker..."

Nuh-uh.

"This site uses cookies. Please review..."

Also nope.

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 26 points 1 month ago

Scan this qr code to...

In the trash with you.

[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 76 points 1 month ago

I got into this with a coffee shop recently. Apparently they were "online order and pickup only." And i went in trying to get coffee. One person was trying to help me, and what i assume was her manager was being a dick.

"Just download the app and put your order in."

"Nah im not going to do that. I just want a black coffee. Nothing fancy."

"We're online only"

other employee rings me up, pours me a cup, and is seemingly just trying to help me gtfo

She hands it to this dude... To hand to me

"Next time, use the app."

"Bro there wont be a next time."

[-] PonderousParrot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

It'd be great if they had a non data-harvesting subsidized pricing tier.

[-] serpineslair@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I agree with it being terrible practice to be online only. But nothing is forcing you to use their services they are providing. Just go elsewhere, instead of making the employees lives harder. They are just trying to do their job. They probably have to put up with that sort of thing every day. (I'm not having a go at you personally, I never said you did anything wrong, just a rant to other readers who might be a dick to their local customer-facing workers lol).

[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

When i walked in, the one employee actively tried to help me before her manager got in the way. They certainly do have to put up with that every day. There were 3 of us there at the same time who made the same mistake. If it really was such a problem, they wouldn't have set up a stand PoS and a counter and made it look like a regular shop

[-] serpineslair@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, sounds like the place was designed to catch people unaware, and convince them to install their spyware.

[-] bytesonbike@discuss.online 10 points 1 month ago

I blast that shit in their reviews.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

I got one of those "safe driver" transceivers to save money on insurance. It required an app, which I figured would be like a simple bridge that uploads the data from the device to the server.

Holy mackerel, was it full of additional spyware. I was already a little uneasy sending driving data to a private company, but this would potentially be sending constant phone tracking. No thanks!

[-] otacon239@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, I tried the same many years ago. Problem was that I had a super tiny car in a big city where everyone speeds all the time, so it never gave me a discount because I was always speeding and breaking harshly.

How can I be a smooth driver when no one else is? It also dinged me for driving at night when I was doing a volunteer job in the evening while my day job was WFH. Such BS.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

I mean it uses location and acceleration info for driving habits. What did you expect?

[-] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Oh it gets worse than just that. I did the same for a while, and when we first started the permissions that app wanted were reasonable considering what it does.

We dropped it and took the higher rate earlier this year once the app started asking for a lot more permissions, like biometric and health data to "verify if we're walking or driving".

[-] famijoku@feddit.org 15 points 1 month ago

“nah I broke the speed limit on foot”

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[-] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not OP, but I would want it to be just a black box with GPS, accelerometer, mobile data and everything else it needs for its function to be built right in.

There's no need for such a device to pair with your phone, unless they are trying to be greedy and slurp extra data.

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[-] OboTheHobo@ttrpg.network 36 points 1 month ago

In the modern age so many things that should just be websites are apps and many things that should be apps/programs are websites

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can track you and see more invasive details from your device that way, more than just cookies.

[-] kamen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Things generally want to keep you engaged - and a native mobile app, even if otherwise functionally the same as a webpage, has somewhat more of a chance to get you to accept push notifications to spam you.

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[-] 93maddie94@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 month ago

I was concerned when my kid started soccer and they wanted parents to get an app to get updates on cancellations and to see the game and practice schedule. Fortunately there is a browser version and the app is not necessary. They just don’t advertise this.

[-] bytesonbike@discuss.online 12 points 1 month ago

I went to a dentist's office that promoted how easy it was to schedule a appointment and manage your records on their app.

I usually am much more polite but I flipped and said, "I don't want a app for that!" And scared the front desk staff.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I walked into Walmart for the first time in years to return the shitty thing I bought.

The cashier at returns mentioned thier app makes returns easy as I flip through photos of receipts on my phone.

"I'm sure it does but I don't install non critical apps. I don't need Walmart looking at my phone, tracking me or pushing notifications"

She just shrugged.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Whereas my child's doctor appointments and records are only available via app and don't have a website. And the app is no longer supported on my phone OS so I have to run the previous version. I hate this.

[-] 93maddie94@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

That’s the worst. Have you spoken up about it? I think they try to be the most convenient and to be “with the times” without realizing that one way does not fit for everyone.

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[-] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

I love when you download it and you have to enter credit card information for a trial. Take a walk!

[-] bytesonbike@discuss.online 15 points 1 month ago

Theres a dark pattern where a service makes you fill out a form, choose your actions, get to 95% done and then hits you with a Credit card request, assuming you already made it this far.

Who are they fooling?

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[-] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I must generate a qr code. I search for sites to do this. The first result lets me do this but requires an email to download the thing. The second result lets me do this but requires an email to download the thing. The third result lets me do this but requires an email to download the thing. Each of them display the generated qr code on screen but then refuse to let me download it. Technology sure is amazing.

[-] toddestan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately there's way too much of these leeches who charge for stuff that is otherwise free, then use spammy SEO techniques to bury the free options.

As for QR code generation, DuckDuckGo has a built-in generator that's always worked for me. For example: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=qr+Visit+Lemmy.World+-%3E+https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 7 points 1 month ago

Can you use a snipping tool or screenshot that shit? Otherwise, throwaway email lol.

[-] dondelelcaro@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Probably not useful in your case, but:

apt install qrencode
qrencode -t svg -o example.svg https://example.com/
[-] fading_person@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Duckduckgo is pretty convenient for quickly generating qr codes. You just type qr followed by its contents into the search box and you get a qr as result.

[-] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] victorz@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

One of the best meme templates I've seen in a while lmao

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I love it because he reminds me of an old friend I had who was a very pragmatic person and often just threw his hands up and moved on when shit got dramatic.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Love them type of people. No nonsense.

[-] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 6 points 1 month ago

I'm finding it funny because around here most cars are manual, and when I got my driver's licence I was strongly warned that looking back instead of using the mirrors would be immediate failure.

[-] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Based on your username in guessing you're German? (Apologies if I'm wrong). Here in the USA when I first got my license in the state of Oregon it was the opposite. If you weren't looking backwards while reversing and using only your mirrors, you'd be docked points on your exam.

[-] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 4 points 1 month ago

I'm from a Germanic colony in south Brazil. I don't know how they do in Germany.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Smaller cars I would definitely look back, because you get a wider view, but it's also situational. If you need to quickly alternate between left and right side I would use mirrors, especially if squeezing in somewhere.

Especially with an SUV like we have now, looking back does nothing. Small rear window, all I see is back seats. Now I use mirrors and top-view mode + rear view on reversing cameras that surround the vehicle.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Probably just a shoulder check used for photo. Probably an unrelated stock image for the transmission. Still a funny meme template

[-] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago

For any tourists in Finland, here is also some advice:

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[-] markz@suppo.fi 4 points 1 month ago

Turku on Suomen persereikä

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[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

This but for survey, with umbrella as a gift.

No thanks, ain't gonna download no app for an umbrella.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Don't forget about the data they can mine from your phone!

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