‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners
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I have an app for that.
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You're an idiot or you're trolling, I honestly can't tell.
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That depends a bit on if it was advertised or not to have a laundry room. At least here in NL it is more common to have your own washing machine than to use a shared one so having a laundry room would be an extra to start with.
Still sucks though
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Generally companies use service contracts to keep those things working so mo they wouldn’t be replaced often. They are just a piece of shit
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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.
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"2020 search"
Bruh someone's grandma needs help, we need to fix this computer, it looks like it's about to get stuck on zombo.com.
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We want other options to be allowed to exist. This is "you just want everyone to be gay/trans/whatever" all over again.
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Ill be part of that cult
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Not too be an ass, but you meant "peak" right?
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Even if they don’t outright cripple functionality, they’ll hound you endlessly to install the app.
Still don't understand the logic of doing that.
It's like saying,
"Our website is nigh unusable, please install our app instead. We pinky promise our app works".
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yep, I know this feeling all too well - having a community and friends is important but even more so in cases like ours. Thank you for the comment, I hope you're doing better nowadays.
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Tbf, my building also uses an app for laundry. However they also have a machine in the laundry rooms where you can purchase an NFC payment card and put money on it. So you can use it without the app. Is that not the case with yours? If not, that's 100% fucked
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McDonald's wants your IQ too. Seriously, it's in their privacy policy.
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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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Early 2000 wants its internet back
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I'm in California where we have a grocery chain, Safeway. They've had a loyalty card for decades, which works great, gets you good deals, can be scanned by the checkout clerk or at self checkout. It also racks up points which can be used for discounts.
About 2 years ago I started seeing signs in the store offering even greater savings through the app. There will sometimes be 2 signs side by side for the loyalty card vs the app. The app is always a better deal.
So I downloaded the app and learned
- the app cannot scan your membership at self checkout, you have to be checked out by a clerk
- the app's membership number is different from your loyalty card number and the two cannot be merged.
- because of that your points can't be transferred to the app
It's the dumbest thing ever. Why not just offer the better savings to the loyalty card? Isn't that the whole point behind loyalty? I literally shop at Safeway less often now.
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It's because you have control over your browser, but they control their app and all its trackers, ads, etc
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Click to win a FREE LOBSTER Dinner
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Man I miss this era of the internet. It truly felt like a new frontier.
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everyone wants to force you to use apps instead of websites, because websites and browsers have inbuilt protections.
Apps don't.
Idiots install apps, give them the 400,000 permissions they ask for, then go on their merry way..ignorant to the fact that they just installed a data vacuum on their phone thats siphoning everything off of it to be used and sold and resold for marketing purposes.. Even the phone itself its not safe, cause its sitting there, listening to your conversations, even when not on a call, to more "Accurately" spam you with bullshit.
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My GF laughs because I have no loyalty cards or apps and I laugh that she has one for everything.
Loyalty rewards are bullshit.
