Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners
Wrrzag@lemmy.ml 7 hours agoIt’s because you have control over your browser, but they control their app and all its trackers, ads, etc
Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners
Wrrzag@lemmy.ml 7 hours agoIt’s because you have control over your browser, but they control their app and all its trackers, ads, etc
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
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.ca 6 hours ago
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.