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
  • Wrrzag@lemmy.mlEnglish
    27·
    1 年前

    It’s because you have control over your browser, but they control their app and all its trackers, ads, etc

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 年前

      Yep. They want you to use apps, cause all the permissions you give the app makes it much easier for them to harvest all your data for marketing and selling purposes.

      • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
        12·
        1 年前

        That’s exactly it. Easy to block ads and trackers on a website, but more difficult or impossible on some apps.

        One of the banking apps won’t show the total balance of the account unless I’m using the app. How ridiculous.

        • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          1 年前

          They know that a lot of people would rather have it work a little better by getting an app, if they keep reminding people it’s an option.

          Even if “better” is just lack of nags.

          It’s sad. We need a digital privacy law so that an app can’t be more invasive than the website.

          • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            1 年前

            Even if “better” is just lack of nags.

            Well, they just swap nags from “download our app” to “rate our app” no matter what you do, you’ll be nagged…