rOzeclawz Follow 2d ago

what the fuck makes phone apps so cocky as to send me notifications telling me to use it. my grocery list app straight up went “you havent made a list in a while!” are you out of your fucking mind. you are a program. why are you speaking to me like youre my equal. i could replace you with a pen and the back of a receipt. idiot. i kill you now

    • Elvith Ma'forEnglish
      16·
      2 months ago

      Yes and some do it constantly. Other have say two channels and just name them like “important stuff” and “really important stuff” and just mix ads in both.

      There was a time, when the Amazon App complained every time you opened it (and every few pages of browsing) that not all notifications were allowed and constantly nagged you to turn them on, if you disabled any categories in the app or notification channels.

      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        Yeah so the feature actually sounds completely useless against a determined adversarytiser. At the very least, apps should have no way of knowing whether notifications are turned on, including no means of knowing whether a notification was displayed or not.

        App stores should also make a policy of banning apps that don’t explicitly keep all their ads in an advertising channel.

    • cronEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      Probably yes. But most apps probably behave well

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        The type of app to send you ads through your notifications are the type that don’t implement this, bundle them with “important” things, or just straight up lie.

      • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Probably depends on the developer. Friendly independent neighborhood developer? Well behaved. Corporate app developer? Get fucked pleb.