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ladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idM to Ask Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 months ago

‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners

www.theguardian.com

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‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners

www.theguardian.com

ladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idM to Ask Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 months ago
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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

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8317927

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    Tell me about it. My landlord just canceled their website and launched an app instead. Of course the app is completely useless and 90% of the code is probably trackers.

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      In contrast, some invidivual landlords still collect cash. (for tax evasion purposes 👀)

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        I think “landlords are trash” is a fitting description regardless of nation.

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