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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 12 hours ago

YES full support! I have and am sending this from my smartphone but I'll stop going to your store before I download your stupid fucking app for a free mcflurry or whatever the fuck pisspoor excuse you have for installing malware on my devices.

[–] mtchristo@lemm.ee 12 points 11 hours ago

Early 2000 wants its internet back

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 63 points 16 hours ago (17 children)

These useless apps make Linux phone adoption harder, fuck them!

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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

I'm shocked.

Right off the top of my head, I can mention an entire finacial institution that only exists through an app. No website, no physical locations, no nothing. It's one app and that is it.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago

I keep seeing this headline and thinking it's a slur

[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 25 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

they make older phones become useless after ditching their support

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 65 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I use GraphineOS on my Pixel 7 and even I feel penalized for caring about my privacy. Its absolutely nonsense, not everything needs an app.

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 10 points 13 hours ago

Yeah. My bank is one of the few UK banks whose app won't work with Graphene, which is irritating. Also, the lack of Wallet access for payment cards is annoying.

But all in all everything else works fine.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 32 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I am still on a flip phone. It is usually silent, and I don't spend much time with it at all. While I am missing out on discounts and such, I simply hate the idea of constantly using a phone. Email is my telecommunication of choice, but receptionists don't understand the idea, unfortunately.

My household bought a Rinnai water heater, and the bastard needed a phone to set the temperature. Thing is, it couldn't communicate with the two or three phones that were used on it. Fortunately, there was an old-school modification for a physical keypad, but that had to be bought separately.

Phones are just not my thing.

[–] starlainjury@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I used a flip phone for a month to help curb my screen time addiction. The number of restaurants, stores, etc. that simply expect it of you to have a smart phone was eye opening.

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[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 29 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yep, the homeless pay more!

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