Comment on Please Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrun
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I recently switched to GrapheneOS and decided to avoid the Google Play store entirely, and honestly, the inconveniences have been pretty limited. The only bank I’ve had trouble with is Citi, everything else (I’ve tried several others) work fine through the browser. Likewise for most services I use, the web version works fine, though occasionally I’ll need to use the “desktop” version.
Some services just don’t work properly on the web, but most of the ones I used to use through an app work just fine. Give it a try, maybe together we can send a signal that apps should only exist when they provide value.
yikerman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It still depends. I live in China and the internet here suckass. Every copy-to-China product, say taobao(Amazon), xianyu(eBay), Alipay(PayPal), WeChat(instant msg), etc. is crucial to your daily usage and mandatories an application. The API is closed and the webapp has no functionality other than a banner with “go fuck our mobile app”.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Doesn’t WeChat do more than instant messaging, though?
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Yes, it steals your soul, spies on you for the cccp and sells your privacy to anyone with a buck fifty (except to you).
ptolemy@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Yes. From my experience, it is an everything app and you can pay for things instead of using alipay.
yikerman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You mean the built-in browser with horrible API? Yeah it’s used widely.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
How does it work?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Wow, that sucks. I imagine government policy has a significant influence here…