• Nioxic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I need a smartphone app to:

    Access mail from my government

    Log into any website as ‘me’ (taxes, car related stuff, my net bank, etc)

    Buy a damn bus ticket

    In reality i dont need my phone to be smart. But society wants me to

    But i do everything i can to avoid getting apps from various companies. Membership bonuses etc. I hate it so much.

    I do enjoy my smartphone in the car though, for google maps, music and taking a call. But… i would much rather, if that was just built into the cars infotainmentsystem.

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      1 year ago

      The membership apps are the worst. Every time i shop for clothes they ask me if i already have their app. I tell them no. they tell me if i want to get it. I tell them thanks but it’s OK i don’t want it. Then they tell me if i sign up i get 2% discount. I tell them thanks but it’s really OK. And then they look at me as if i’m the only person ever that didn’t want to install their spyware in exchange for a tiny discount. Do people really just get those apps?

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      I’m a “If I don’t do it when I think about it, it’s not getting done” kind of person, so I like being able to do EVERYTHING on my phone, because it’s always in reach when I need to accomplish something.

      That being said, I HATE downloading apps and creating accounts to do simple one-off tasks.

      Last week we went out to dinner for our anniversary, and there was a QR code to pay the bill. I think, “Cool, I don’t have to wait for the server to take it.” So, I scam the code. It leads me to an app download. Ugh. Fine. I’ll wait for this to download. Once I open it, it prompts me to create an account.

      I immediately uninstall, and wait for the server to take, run and return my credit card.