nahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaignerswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up1880arrow-down114cross-posted to: askandroid@lemdro.idhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1866arrow-down1external-link‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaignerswww.theguardian.comnahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square223fedilinkcross-posted to: askandroid@lemdro.idhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareWrrzag@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 hours agoIt’s because you have control over your browser, but they control their app and all its trackers, ads, etc
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 hours agoYep. They want you to use apps, cause all the permissions you give the app makes it much easier for them to harvest all your data for marketing and selling purposes.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoThat’s exactly it. Easy to block ads and trackers on a website, but more difficult or impossible on some apps. One of the banking apps won’t show the total balance of the account unless I’m using the app. How ridiculous.
It’s because you have control over your browser, but they control their app and all its trackers, ads, etc
Yep. They want you to use apps, cause all the permissions you give the app makes it much easier for them to harvest all your data for marketing and selling purposes.
That’s exactly it. Easy to block ads and trackers on a website, but more difficult or impossible on some apps.
One of the banking apps won’t show the total balance of the account unless I’m using the app. How ridiculous.