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I hate how everything requires you to download a shitty proprietary data harvesting app nowadays when everything can be done just fine without an app. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have recently started a new position and am required to use an app that has three Facebook trackers, one of them being a Facebook location tracker according to Exodus App Privacy in order to get your food when it would literally work perfectly fine ordering to a real cashier or shit even a website rather than having to download an app.

I have also read many stories of people that live in apartments that require them to use a mobile app for god damn LAUNDRY. All you need, is a card reader, and it will work perfectly fine like it has been for the longest time.

Privacy concerns aside, it is just annoying that you need this app and that app and this app and that app and it just clutters space on your phone. Security concerns too as now they have all of this additional info on you online, such as your phone number your email your real name, instead of just your credit card info like a card reader would have. And I am willing to guarantee that their security model is absolute horseshit because they have such a small team of engineers working on the app and the servers.

Literal enshitification

Magne

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My favorite barber was booked out recently, so I just walked into the next one across the road, which looked new and had no customers inside. Asked for the haircut, and he said sure, what's your name and email address? I was confused and asked why he would need that, and he said it's for his app to book appointments and charge customers.

I walked out without getting a haircut.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

Good, that's the only way people like that will change

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

That may be why he had no customers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[email protected]

Same thing but with a phone number. They were baffled that I didn't want to give my phone number for a haircut.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hell, I get annoyed at being asked my first name at the counter in fast food places.

Like, give me a break... I'll be the guy who looks like me standing right fucking there waiting for it... We don't need to be on a first name basis... We ain't friends.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Give a fun fake name then! My wife and I did that when we ordered sandwiches on off days and they actually drew fun doodles on the sandwiches to go with it a couple of times!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Mork". And you know it'll be unique.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've thought about giving them Darth Vader .. lol