ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPlease Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrunwww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1922file-text
arrow-up1903external-linkPlease Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrunwww.theatlantic.comForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square228fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·2 months agoTBH I dont use an app for anything that can be done in the browser, especially when mobile websites ask me tl get their app.
minus-squareContrarianTrail@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoI’m the same way. The less apps there are on my phone, the better. Also, using the web app is the only way to block ads on certain sites such as Instagram or Twitter.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 months agothen there are companies like yelp who disable their mobile site and make their desktop site as shitty as possible on mobile to force you to the app.
minus-squareMrOtherGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoDoesn’t really sound like a company that I would want to do any business with then.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHuh, is that why I haven’t used yelp in years?
minus-squaremindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhat’s that other shitty company that constantly pesters you to download the app every time you average the site? Teddit?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoFor reddit, just type in old.reddit.com and those nags disappear.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agotrue but also old reddit is awful to navigate on mobile.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoEh, I prefer it to new Reddit on mobile, especially with all the nags.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI wish for a browser addon to just block those app download requests when it smells them. The answer’s only gonna be no for all that, dawg.~ I only have the Starbucks app so my fancy Sunday coffee is done right and they don’t call me Corey Sangeetha or Coarse Kangaroo.
TBH I dont use an app for anything that can be done in the browser, especially when mobile websites ask me tl get their app.
I’m the same way. The less apps there are on my phone, the better. Also, using the web app is the only way to block ads on certain sites such as Instagram or Twitter.
then there are companies like yelp who disable their mobile site and make their desktop site as shitty as possible on mobile to force you to the app.
Doesn’t really sound like a company that I would want to do any business with then.
Huh, is that why I haven’t used yelp in years?
What’s that other shitty company that constantly pesters you to download the app every time you average the site? Teddit?
For reddit, just type in
old.reddit.comand those nags disappear.true but also old reddit is awful to navigate on mobile.
Eh, I prefer it to new Reddit on mobile, especially with all the nags.
I wish for a browser addon to just block those app download requests when it smells them. The answer’s only gonna be no for all that, dawg.~
I only have the Starbucks app so my fancy Sunday coffee is done right and they don’t call me Corey Sangeetha or Coarse Kangaroo.