If the app is libre software than ok.
wantd2B1ofthestrokes@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
I guess unpopular opinion but experience of a good app is significantly better than the experience of even a good mobile website. Especially if I’m frequently going back and forth between pages and whatnot.
The data harvesting is a huge issue but it’s clear that most people don’t give a shit. Though I think iOS and Android have both done a good job exposing what data apps are collecting on your and if you are conscious of it, the info is there for you.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I actually don’t like it partially because of the privacy bit, but also because of all the apps needed for everything for myself and my kid’s stuff I have run out of room on my phone. I had to go through today and find things to delete and my phone is still prompting me to “archive” apps because my available storage is so low. It says I will be able to restore the app if need be, but I shouldn’t need that many apps that they fill up my entire storage.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I use Android, and I guess it “exposes” what permissions a given app is asking for, but in the end that’s bullshit anyway. You download some app for a fast food joint or whatever and immediately it demands all the permissions under the sun: Microphone, location, contacts, call history, media, etc., etc., which are all things it clearly doesn’t need. But it’s worthless that the OS tells you this, because the fucking thing refuses to work if you deny it any of these ludicrous permissions, so it’s become a boy-who-cries-wolf thing by now and users just click through the prompts without reading or understanding them.