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nahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前

‘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

nahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前
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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
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    Phone apps are nothing more than modern toolbars. And in case you forgot or missed this phase of the internet…

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      Click to win a FREE LOBSTER Dinner 🦀🦞🦐

      Man I miss this era of the internet. It truly felt like a new frontier.

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        I clicked, but all I got was a dancing stripper and something called Conficker.

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      Peak internet wdym

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        No argument there, especially with Bonzi Buddy lol

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      “2020 search”

      Bruh someone’s grandma needs help, we need to fix this computer, it looks like it’s about to get stuck on zombo.com.

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        Nothing wrong with getting stuck on zombo.com. After all you can do anything there.

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        Or Jen hahaha

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      I want a re-made Bonzi buddy with AI.

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        I don’t vouch for these, as I have not used them. But, I found this rewritten one and this one with LLM.

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      I remember toolbar days… I used to lov— sorry i admit this … Installing them … shivers for my sins

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      Yeah, Bonzi Buddy!

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      needs more sheep

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      Could you expand on that thought a bit more? How is an app like the internet tool bars of old?

      Genuinely curious. I’m a little too young to have experienced internet toolbars like the ones in your image.

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        Every service and site had their own malicious toolbar they’d ask you to install and / or* sneak it into the install for other software. They also came loaded with malware and or siphoned data from you. Older/more tech illiterate people would have browsers looking like the picture above and come to you wondering why their computer is so slow or why they keep getting viruses.

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          Plus the even simpler: apps are like browser “toolbars” because they’re just a veneer to collect more data, add more tracking, appear to be useful without actually benefitting the user over a simple web page

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          Ohh, I see. That makes a lot of sense. I understand the comparison now, ty 🙏

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          @alekwithak @techforwhat Norton Antivirus is still at it

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        Hooboy

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      Then you could agree with any barely computer-savvy person that such things should be killed with fire.

      Now a lot of very competent person will try to persuade you how you are a luddite and wrong, except 5-10 years ago they’d also promise some bright tech future in addition to that, and now you’re just wrong because they can exist in that environment and like it, and you can’t.

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        you can’t.

        Can, but refuse. Big distinction for me. I’ve lived through these arguments once already, and have watched their computers keel over and die several time from the viruses these toolbars often bring, and I will now watch as their phones do the same.

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      I missed that phase because I was using Netscape.

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        Then you didn’t miss it. You glossed over it, like a boss

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      No Virtua Girl?

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