ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agoPlease Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrunwww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1790arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1776arrow-down1external-linkPlease Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrunwww.theatlantic.comForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square161fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·16 hours agoTBH I dont use an app for anything that can be done in the browser, especially when mobile websites ask me tl get their app.
minus-squareContrarianTrail@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·15 hours agoI’m the same way. The less apps there are on my phone, the better. Also, using the web app is the only way to block ads on certain sites such as Instagram or Twitter.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-214 hours agothen there are companies like yelp who disable their mobile site and make their desktop site as shitty as possible on mobile to force you to the app.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoHuh, is that why I haven’t used yelp in years?
minus-squaremindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoWhat’s that other shitty company that constantly pesters you to download the app every time you average the site? Teddit?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoFor reddit, just type in old.reddit.com and those nags disappear.
minus-squareMrOtherGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 hours agoDoesn’t really sound like a company that I would want to do any business with then.
TBH I dont use an app for anything that can be done in the browser, especially when mobile websites ask me tl get their app.
I’m the same way. The less apps there are on my phone, the better. Also, using the web app is the only way to block ads on certain sites such as Instagram or Twitter.
then there are companies like yelp who disable their mobile site and make their desktop site as shitty as possible on mobile to force you to the app.
Huh, is that why I haven’t used yelp in years?
What’s that other shitty company that constantly pesters you to download the app every time you average the site? Teddit?
For reddit, just type in
old.reddit.comand those nags disappear.Doesn’t really sound like a company that I would want to do any business with then.