From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps
  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    1 年前

    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.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
      12·
      1 年前

      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.

      • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        1 年前

        They know that a lot of people would rather have it work a little better by getting an app, if they keep reminding people it’s an option.

        Even if “better” is just lack of nags.

        It’s sad. We need a digital privacy law so that an app can’t be more invasive than the website.

        • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          1 年前

          Even if “better” is just lack of nags.

          Well, they just swap nags from “download our app” to “rate our app” no matter what you do, you’ll be nagged…