• AdequateSteve@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    They can serve you ads just fine on mobile web, that’s not it. It’s that the app let’s them track your behavior far better than the web browser.

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    1 year ago

    Too much salespeople see complaints like “your application is bad” and answer with “we’re going to force it on you even more then”.

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        1 year ago

        I use Friendly social Browser on Android. It’s basically a wrapper for the mobile website and allows me to sort posts the way I want them, which is important to me. I don’t want the algorithm. I’ve used it for years. It works with quite a few different social media sites and doesn’t allow all the tracking. I have the Plus version and I’m allowed to turn off ads on both the app and Facebook and block “stories” and other silliness I don’t care for. I don’t know if the free version does all of that.

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    1 year ago

    Reddit can truly get fucked. Can’t wait to delete all my Reddit accounts on July 1st. I’m holding out 1/100000th hope that they will come to their senses on June 30th.

    Reddit has done a great job un-aliving itself.